She added: “The warrant is because the defendant is not allowing access for inspection or safety checks to the property, which is a requirement under the terms and conditions of the tenancy agreement. She said: “Yes, there is a right to respect for private life for him and there is to be no interference by a local authority or any other public authority – except in accordance with the law and where it is necessary for the protection of others, for the protection of any individual, for the prevention of disorder or crime, and the for the protection of health.” He accused Gateshead Council of a “sustained and deliberate refusal” to recognise his human rights and of a “blatant disregard for the law”.īut District Judge Charnock-Neal decided that the council had the right to demand access, under the terms of his tenancy agreement. He had argued in submissions to the court that his right to occupy the property was protected under UK law through the European Convention for the Protection of Fundamental Human Rights and the Protection from Eviction Act 1977. While a previous court ruling prevented an eviction going ahead on May 25, Mr May was warned then that he was in the “last chance saloon”, reports Chronicle Live.Īs was the case in May, Mr May did not attend court on Tuesday. Their latest argument centres on claims that the retired merchant seaman has refused to allow council officials entry to the house in order to carry out inspections. Mr May’s lengthy dispute with the local authority has previously seen him ordered to reconnect his property to the electricity grid, rather than powering it with a petrol generator, and to clean up the mess around the house in Stanfield Gardens, which has been his home since 1955. The 69-year-old was given a temporary reprieve in May after challenging the latest eviction notice served by local authority, but his appeal has now been dismissed.Ī district judge at Gateshead County Court found on Tuesday morning that there were “no grounds” for the warrant to be suspended and that the council’s move was “not an unlawful eviction”. Ken May, from Gateshead, has been locked in a long-running battle with Gateshead Council over the state of his council house in Wardley and now faces the renewed threat of being removed by bailiffs. A man has been ordered to leave his dilapidated home of 70 years after the council warned he was in 'last chance saloon'.

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