Trail of diarrhoea and used needles found at Coventry horror flats
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:04 pm
A disgusted mother told the Telegraph there is also blood on the walls at Cephas Court
A mum has told of the “living hell” she and her children have to go through, dodging used needles, condoms and even diarrhoea at their housing complex in Coventry.
The disgusting list of problems at Cephas Court, in Charles Street, Hillfields, also includes drug users injecting themselves and even taking crack in front of residents, as well as blood on the walls.
Sadly, the mum-of-three says the troubles have existed for years and claims Orbit Housing, who run the housing block, are doing nothing.
The 37-year-old, who wished not to be named, said: “We’ve got so-called security doors that keep getting broken open - this has been happening all year.
“They replace them and then they just get broken again.
“We keep finding people inside, who blatantly don’t care who sees them, injecting themselves and then eventually going off.
“On a daily basis we have needles being left around and also cans with burn marks on them which I’m told is people doing crack.
“When my friend is here I will sometimes be brave enough to go and ask them to leave, but some can be confrontational.
“There’s also condoms all over the place inside and outside, and most recently there is a trial of diarrhoea all the way down the stairs and a pile just below the post boxes.
“I have children who are seeing this. It is disgusting. It’s a living hell.”
The experiences of the mum, who has two teenage girls and a young baby, are not isolated to Cephas Court.
The family of a 93-year-old woman told the Telegraph earlier this year that she was having to remove needles and homeless people from the Orbit Housing-run accommodation in Stoney Stanton Road.
They said that Orbit had failed to act despite numerous complaints, and their words are echoed by the mum at Cephas Court.
She said: “I’ve been trying to get hold of my housing officer but it’s not getting me anywhere.
“I’ve also rang 101 to report it but nobody has even phoned me back.
“I also want to request that the whole place is sanitised. I tell my children not to even touch the bannister.
“If I could I would move today and have been requesting to move for years. I’ve been told to put my name on an exchange list but who would want to come here?”