Article: Shock as flat for four found to have 10 beds; Landlord let people sleep in cupboards and living room in dirty ground floor home

A LANDLORD who applied for a multiple occupancy licence for four people was found cramming 10 beds into the damp, dirty flat.

When fire brigade officers called to inspect the lower ground floor flat in Garnethill, Glasgow, they found it had beds in store rooms and the living room.

The four-bedroomed flat also has two store rooms, a living room and a large hallway.

Council inspectors, who also checked out the flat to ensure living conditions were satisfactory, described it as "damp" and "filthy".

New laws were brought in four years ago to tighten regulations on landlords after an Evening Times campaign following the deaths of two Glasgow students, James Fraser and Daniel Heron, in a fire ...

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