Tenant given suspended sentence after cutting rafters in rental property
Judge said in spite of compensation paid he was ‘singularly unimpressed’ by demeanour of Denis O’Connor
about 4 hours ago
Olivia Kelleher
The owner of the house told the court the defendant deliberately damaged the house so they couldn’t sell it to anyone else but him at a reduced price.
A tenant who put a family through a “living hell” by cutting the rafters on the house he was renting in a bid to force the owners to sell him the property at a reduced price has received a two year suspended sentence following the payment of compensation.