Sheriff officers evicted James Montague from his home in Motherwell in February of this year while he was in hospital for a blood transfusion due to stage six kidney failure.
The family of a blind man have slammed North Lanarkshire council for booting him out of his family home months before his death.
Now, the Record reports that James’s brother Patrick has blasted North Lanarkshire Council for the move and said his final months were spent in misery in an upstairs flat unsuited to his needs. “North Lanarkshire Council have been callous and inhumane and they sneaked in to evict Jimmy when he was in hospital, sending round Sheriff Officers and changing out the locks.“But the flat that he had to move into was up a flight of stairs and it was away from family members on the same street who gave him great support.
A letter from consultant psychiatrist Dr Laisinghani to the council stated: “Mr Montague has a chronic and enduring mental health illness. But he was evicted when sheriff officers took possession of the home on a day when James was rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion.
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