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Article: Homeless! 'Shameless' family evicted by judge
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- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- January 27, 2007
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THE 'Shameless' family of 12 who knocked two houses into one to
create an illegal drinking den were today defiant after being given
28 days to quit their home.
Alviria Benjamin said she would "follow in the footsteps of Joan
of Arc" to fight injustice and become a heroine for families facing
eviction.
Her family hit back after a court ordered them to get out of the
council house in Sand-well they have lived in for 10 years.
She said: "We might have lost the battle but the war has not even
started. We were set up from the start and I plan to set up a website
called www.itsshameless.com to show how we have been victimised by
the council."
Flanked by some of her 10-strong family, she spoke ...