“It’s not something we chose or have the option [to do], so everyone is going through hell'
The St Peter’s Square homeless camp tents must be removed after the council won a crucial court ruling. Manchester council has secured a ‘possession order’ against scores of people living in tents next to the town hall, effectively evicting them.
“It’s not something we chose or have the option , so everyone is going through hell,” he added. The packed courtroom 40 heard Manchester council ‘operated a policy of not accepting people they knew were homeless because they wanted to make an example of these defendants and not provide for them’, according to the Law Centre’s Kathy Cosgrove.
Kuljit Bhogal KC, representing the council, rebuked the claims. She told the court: “In so far as it’s suggested there’s a failure of duty, that’s rejected.” HHJ Bird called ‘the submission Manchester City Council has deliberately diverted those in St Peter's Square’ to the Mustard Tree ‘a very serious allegation’ which was ‘not made out in the evidence I have seen’.
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