Rogue landlord Nasir Ahmed was ordered to repay his tenants almost £3,000 of their rent after a tribunal judged his behavior towards them to be abusive and coercive

The tenants, who were students at Nottingham Trent University, made allegations that the landlord persistently attended the property without good cause, sometimes at unusual times late at night or early morning.

They claimed that the visits were unconnected to maintenance or repairs and caused the tenants and other occupants anxiety throughout their tenancy.

The case was heard at a judge-led residential property tribunal in Nottingham where the landlord, Nasir Ahmed, was told to pay his tenants £2,817.40 through a rent repayment order (RRO).

The tribunal heard that on one occasion, the landlord entered one of the tenant's rooms to demand that he leave the property.

It was alleged by the tenant that the landlord slammed the door closed on the claimant's hand causing injury as the claimant left the property, in addition, several racist abusive remarks were made.

In another incident, two men claiming to be the landlord's sons entered the property and demanded the students leave the property within 24 hours.

The tribunal was told that the men then became aggressive when one of the students explained their right to remain under their tenancy agreement and police had to be called.

When handing down the rent repayment order, the Judge said: the tribunal is satisfied that in addition to the coercive and abusive behavior, the respondent had not complied with the duties of landlord under the Licensing and Management of HMO (Additional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2007."

Commenting on the case, tenant's rights campaigner Ajay Jagota welcomed the judgment stating that there are strict and clear rules that landlords have to follow when ending a tenancy, however far too many landlords think that they do not apply to them.

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