'Heartless' Wolverhampton landlord terrorised tenants and broke into their home with a hammer
A rogue landlord from Wolverhampton staged a "terrifying" harassment campaign against his tenants, breaking into their house at night with a hammer and throwing their belongings out of a window.
Inderjit Singh Ghuman has been prosecuted by Wolverhampton Council after the spate of aggressive incidents, which led to a man needing hospital treatment after jumping out of a window to escape.
Ghuman, of Byrne Road, Wolverhampton, started harassing his two tenants in October 2021 by unlawfully gaining access to the property they shared and changing the locks.
On this occasion, he arrived at the house with two men who behaved in an aggressive and abusive manner towards one tenant, pushing him out of the property and damaging his vehicle. The tenant reported the incident to police.
Ghuman had failed to follow the correct legal process in repossessing property and was warned it was a criminal offence to illegally evict someone. He was told by Private Sector Housing that an injunction and power of arrest may be obtained from court.
Further problems followed including Ghuman claiming that he had sold the house and telling his tenants that he was going to remove their possessions. They later discovered that a number of their personal items had gone missing.
