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Bailiffs refuse to kick grieving disabled man out of council flat he was born in

Bailiffs refuse to kick grieving disabled man out of council flat he was born in
Stephen Oakeshott, 54, has said he is being ordered out of his council home in after both his parents died in New Addington, Croydon.

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