‘Fake bailiffs’ from private security companies carry out illegal evictions

Criminal landlords are using uniformed security guards to force out tenants, says the charity Safer Renting

Vulnerable families are being tricked out of their rented homes by private security guards dressed like court bailiffs, a charity has warned.

Safer Renting, a charity-run tenancy relations service operating in seven London boroughs, said criminal landlords were increasingly turning to private security companies to get tenants to leave their homes without a court order.