Sheffield landlord fined for harassment
By |Published On: 17th March 2017|

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Sheffield landlord fined for harassment

By |Published On: 17th March 2017|

This article is an external press release originally published on the Landlord News website, which has now been migrated to the Just Landlords blog.

A buy-to-let landlord from Sheffield has been ordered to pay £2,412 in court costs, fines and compensation after being found guilty of harassing a tenant and failing to sufficiently manage his property.

Mr Nilendu Das was convicted at Sheffield Magistrates Court this week, where he was also told to carry out 180 hours of unpaid community work.

Texts

Mr Das was found guilty of sending his tenant several text messages, many late at night. One on occasion, he sent ten text messages in just three minutes and on another, he sent 15 in the course of a day.

Alongside pleading guilty to harassment, Das pleaded guilty to four health and safety breaches in his property. The court heard that there were damaged fire doors, an unprotected fire escape and faulty alarms.

Sheffield landlord fined for harassment

Sheffield landlord fined for harassment

Das also had previous convictions for failing to comply with an improvement notice and further harassment, which led to a 49-day prison sentence.

Serious

Councillor Jayne Dunn, cabinet member for housing at Sheffield City Council, said: ‘This case is serious. The landlord has been convicted twice before for similar offences and he knows how strictly the court treats these matters.’[1]

‘We don’t just investigate issues where we hear about tenants being threatened or evicted illegally. As this case shows, we also prosecute when there is lower-level harassment and when the landlord acts in a way which is outside the law. Everyone deserves to live in safe, good quality housing regardless of whether they rent or own their home. I am determined to carry on clamping down on the very small minority of bad landlords in Sheffield that treat their tenants badly and tarnish the private rented sector,’ she added.[1]

[1] https://www.landlordtoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2017/3/landlord-in-sheffield-continues-to-tarnish-the-private-rented-sector

About the Author: Em Morley (she/they)

Em is the Content Marketing Manager for Just Landlords, with over five years of experience writing for insurance and property websites. Together with the knowledge and expertise of the Just Landlords underwriting team, Em aims to provide those in the property industry with helpful resources. When she’s not at her computer researching and writing property and insurance guides, you’ll find her exploring the British countryside, searching for geocaches.

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