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City Evicts "Abusive" 98-Year-Old Woman

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-your-mean-on dept.

The Southampton City Council has given 98-year-old Mary Plaisted 28 days to leave her £65-a-week flat, making her one of the oldest people in the UK to be evicted from their home. It seems in 98 years Mary hasn't learned how to play nice with others. Mrs Plaisted is accused of assaulting caretakers and council staff at her apartment complex and harassing neighbors by banging on their windows. She was also accused of hitting her panic alarm 563 times in a month and calling the police 264 times over the past two years. Nick Cross, head of housing management for Southampton City Council, said, "It is regrettable when any action is taken by the council to repossess a property, particularly when the individual is very elderly. However, the council is left with no alternative when anti-social behaviour by one tenant leads to other residents' lives being made a misery."

9 comments

  1. You know what else is anti-social behaviour? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Those boom cars that can be heard from miles away. We're not old, you're just an anti-social asshole.

  2. Why do I keep thinking of John Bunnell by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 1

    saying "now she sees plenty of the police- IN JAIL!"

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  3. 98 doesn't own property by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    must feel like a loser

    1. Re:98 doesn't own property by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's stupid to buy property. It ties you down to a location and costs more than renting when you factor everything in (ie. cost of purchase, property tax, maintainence, insurance).

      The MINIMUM cost of a house around here is $500,000 USD, which is a shitty house in a shitty neighborhood. A nice house in a good area would be $1-1.5 million.

      Taking just the low figure of $500,000, that is almost 35 years worth of rent ($1,200/month) for my spacious rental house, which is also in a nice area. I also don't have to pay when something gets brokens or needs to be replaced and I don't have to pay tax or insurance. All of that stuff is covered by the landlord.

    2. Re:98 doesn't own property by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes that would pay rent for 35 years, but then it goes way down when it is paid off. Where do you think the landlord gets the money to pay for those others things that you are not paying for by renting? Maybe from your rent. Most places in the US the landlord does not insure your things, just the building. You need renter insurance for your things.

  4. Cut her some slack by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you hadn't gotten laid at all in the last 50 years, you'd probably be pretty grumpy too!

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  5. 563 times in a month? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    hitting her panic alarm 563 times in a month

    That's almost 19 times per day... good lord, what a pain in the ass. I'm surprised they didn't disconnect it.

    calling the police 264 times over the past two years

    That's... slightly more often than once every 3 days. What a fucking idiot...

    1. Re:563 times in a month? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      She's 98 and probably already quite demented. The fucking idiot is you.

    2. Re:563 times in a month? by selven · · Score: 1

      And there is no valid reason to divert emergency services from others just because of one demented person. Where I come from, if you have a mental issue that causes you to harm other people, you go to the mental hospital.