Shameful scenes as most cancers sufferer is evicted from her dwelling
A mom with Stage 4 most cancers claims she was left ‘traumatised’ when High Court enforcement officers (HCEO) evicted her from her home – leaving her outdoors within the chilly till the early hours of the morning.
Video footage exhibits round ten safety and enforcement officers surrounding Sheena Williams’ dwelling in Plains Avenue, Maidstone, Kent, whereas cops watch on.
The entrance door was ultimately smashed in by the HCEOs as they compelled entry into the house the 60-year-old has lived in for practically three a long time.
When MailOnline visited the property on Thursday it was boarded up with a safety staff patrolling outdoors.
Sheena, who has metastatic most cancers and is confined to a wheelchair, was advised the home was being repossessed as a consequence of an unpaid tax invoice.
High Court enforcement officers (HCEOs) turned up on the mother-of-three’s doorstep at 8am and knowledgeable her she wanted to depart the property instantly.
Sources have claimed to MailOnline the debt is price tens of hundreds of kilos although Sheena disputes this and claims it’s significantly much less.
She additionally claims Maidstone Borough Council transferred the debt into her identify and subsequently ‘unlawfully’ made her bankrupt in 2016.
Sheena Williams, 60, says she has been left ‘traumatised’ after being evicted from her dwelling in Plains Avenue, Maidstone, Kent
Sheena (pictured along with her associate John Hicks) has metastatic most cancers and is confined to a wheelchair. She was advised the home was being repossessed as a consequence of an unpaid tax invoice
Sheena’s associate of 26 years, former Tovil Parish councillor John Hicks, 48, rang an ambulance over issues for her well being.
The South East Coast Ambulance Service confirmed to MailOnline that paramedics attended an deal with that day.
Speaking to MailOnline on Thursday at her good friend’s dwelling the place she has taken refuge, Sheena stated: ‘The paramedics had shut the door and the bailiff tried to push it open.
‘They advised him I used to be entitled to privateness however he was up by my mattress – I advised him to cease taking a look at me and get not far away.
‘He was attempting to push his means in after I was having an ECG and I had no garments on.
‘He had no proper to be there – none in any respect. It should not occur. None of this needs to be taking place like this.
‘They actually do not care in the event that they harm you. They would’ve dragged me onto to the road bare if they might, to humiliate me.’
Kent Police advised MailOnline officers attended the house at round 9.10am on Monday, March 4, to make sure there was no breach of the peace after receiving a report of a disturbance.
The power is alleged to be glad that the eviction was carried out lawfully.
The couple stated that they had refused to depart their dwelling and sat on the driveway till the early hours of the morning.
But they obtained so chilly John ultimately drove them to a household good friend’s home, the place they’ve been staying ever since.
Sheena, who served as a councillor on Maidstone Borough Council for 3 and a half years again in 2006, stated: ‘We sat there like fools – I used to be simply in a wheelchair ready.
‘We had been outdoors till about 4.20am. John managed to get me into his van, which was completely excruciating.
‘We had been so traumatised.’
Sheena claims the repossession is the results of a 15-year battle with the council over an unpaid council tax invoice in John’s identify.
Shocking video footage exhibits round ten safety and enforcement officers surrounding Sheena’s dwelling
An military of HCEOs collect across the property as Kent Police officers watch on who had been referred to as to make sure there was not a breach of peace
Speaking to MailOnline at her good friend’s dwelling the place she has taken refuge, Sheena sat trying weary on a leather-based couch with a blanket over her lap and a metallic strolling stick resting to her aspect
She says the invoice, which dates to 2009, was paid again by the father-of-three in 2015.
The couple, who’ve three grownup youngsters collectively, say they’ve been forwards and backwards to court docket attempting to combat the chapter software.
Sheena stated: ‘Maidstone Borough Council had bankrupted me in 2016 and all the pieces escalated from that.’
The couple additionally imagine it was illegal for the HCEOs to power entry to Sheena’s home, which John has lived in since 2001.
It has been urged that Sheena was first evicted from the property in 2019, however regained entry a pair weeks later.
No HCEOs had since attended her property till the current eviction this month.
Sheena stated: ‘I will not allow them to take my home off me. At the tip of the day none of it provides up
‘We wish to take this to the Crown Court as a result of it least we might have a jury and it would not be so secretive.
‘But it isn’t simply taking place to us – there can be plenty of individuals on the market that do not perceive their rights.
‘It worries me that they is perhaps doing it to weak aged individuals.
‘We wish to cease this from taking place to any person else.’
The dwelling has now been boarded up with a safety van sitting on the driveway
High Court Enforcement Officers smashed their means into the house. The entrance door now has a protecting display screen on the entrance
The house is underneath the watchful eye of safety since Sheena’s eviction. An insolvency agency stated the property can be offered to dump the debt
Speaking to MailOnline, Michael Goldstein of insolvency agency RG Insolvency – who was appointed trustees of the debt – says all the pieces which was performed was on ‘stable authorized floor’.
And he says the state of affairs might have ‘doubtlessly’ been completely different after claiming Sheena didn’t at any level present any documentation to indicate that she was unwell.
‘We have performed completely all the pieces completely lawfully and completely appropriately and correct,’ he stated.
‘There was nothing greater than we might have performed to carry a swift and straightforward decision to proceedings.’
The property will now be offered with the cash going in direction of paying off the debt.
Maidstone Borough Council refused to remark.
Kent Police refused to remark.
