Council u-turn over eviction of riot teen
Wandsworth Council has backed down over plans to evict the family of a man convicted of rioting from their council home.
Maite de la Calva and her daughter were threatened with eviction after her son, Daniel Sartain-Clarke, was charged with offences relating to public disorder in London in August.
Mr Sartain-Clarke was jailed earlier this month but the council has agreed not to pursue the eviction. According to Ms de la Calva’s lawyers, he had moved out of his mother’s property earlier in the year.
Emma Norton, a lawyer representing Ms de la Calva from Liberty, said: ‘Wandsworth Council has finally seen sense and we’re delighted Maite and her daughter aren’t facing a future without a roof over their heads.
‘But the appalling and heartless way the authority threatened this innocent family with eviction in the first place still beggars belief.’
A spokesperson from Wandsworth Council said: ‘The tenant gave us a number of specific assurances that have allayed our concerns about any repeat of this criminal behaviour. She has also given us concrete promises that there will be no further breaches of her tenancy agreement.’
