Neighbours form human chain to prevent bailiffs evicting mum-of-five
‘This is the moment kindhearted neighbours formed a human chain around a mum’s house – to stop her being kicked out in a ‘revenge eviction’.
Nimo Abdullahi, 39, was told she and her family would be thrown out of their home of 12 years after she complained to her landlord about damp.
But in a bid to protect the mum-of-five from a ‘revenge eviction’, residents and campaigners turned out to stop it happening. Around 30 people stood side by side, arms linked, to build a wall of bodies in front of the privately-rented property in Easton, Bristol.
All morning, more neighbours joined the blockade – with a newlywed couple living opposite the family cutting up their wedding cake to keep the protesters sustained. When bailiffs turned up at 11am on Tuesday, they weren’t able to get inside.’
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