Landlady's heartbreak over 'flat of shame'

Hellish tenants blighted the life of a Lincoln landlady when they left one of her houses in a squalid and uninhabitable state.

Pauline Davison (63) experienced similar heartbreak two years ago, when one of her flats in the city's Craven Street was trashed and used as a drug den.

D Davison Properties was first made aware of the disgusting state of the Monks Road house when they went in to perform some minor repairs requested by housing standards officers.

Police are investigating the damage done and two break-ins that occurred after the original tenants left.

Mrs Davison said: "I can't believe that somebody would leave a property in this state.

"It's going to take months to fix.

"We came back today after we boarded it up and somebody has broken in again through a window upstairs.

"It is just heart-breaking."

For more on the state the property was left in, see Thursday's Echo.