Shocking images reveal life inside a squalid Westcliff flat - which led to the owner getting a £100,000 fine in court. Babatunde Arise, 54 who owns 40 Satanita Road in Westcliff and letting agent Bromwell UK Ltd were slapped with fines of £109,000 after Southend Council investigated and found a vast number of faults and failings. Images reveal broken doors and windows, unsafe electric works, various damp areas and other issues deemed dangerous by council bosses. Arise was found guilty and was fined £88,976 following conviction for 17 failures over management of Houses in Multiple Occupation. He appealed against the sentence given by the court and the appeal was heard at Basildon Crown Court and the court upheld the original sentencing and dismissed the appeal, with the judge commenting that the house was in a shocking state and an insult to society that the landlord was allowing people to live there.
A bedsit owner has been slapped with fine of more than £100,000 after his property was found to be appalling and dangerous. Babatunde Arise, 54, who owns 40 Satanita Road in Westcliff was handed the fine after the council investigation complaints over the home.
Southend Council received various reports of anti-social behaviour from and associated with 40 Satanita Road. Following a site visit, officers found the property to be in poor condition and followed this up with a full inspection.
Mess - a boarded up window Mr Arise was found guilty at Southend Magistrates Court on 18 March 2020 and was fined a total of £88,976 (including costs) following conviction for 17 failures over management of Houses in Multiple Occupation.