Letting agent fined £11,500 after breaking the law A LETTING agent has been fined £11,500 after breaking the law. Benjamin Jacob-Smith, of Pemberton Field, Essex, signed a ‘rent to rent’ contract with the owner of a house on Donnington Bridge Road, Oxford, on July 15, 2019. The contract saw the 34-year-old pay £3,100 rent each month to the owner of the property. He then issued individual tenancies to unrelated occupants. On February 7, 2020, an Oxford City Council housing officer visited the house and found that it was occupied by four people and was an unlicensed HMO. An HMO is a house with shared amenities (toilet, bathroom and/or kitchen) that is occupied by three or more people who are not from the same family.
Letting agent fined £11,500 after breaking the law
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Oxford Magistrates Court OXFORD MAGISTRATES COURT GRAEME VOCE, 40, of Ivy Lane, Banbury, admitted two counts of common assault of an emergency worker at Shillingford Birdge Hotel, Wallingford, on April 3. He was fined £800, ordered to pay compensation of £50, a victim surcharge of £80 and court costs of £85. JACK SMALLMAN, 31, of Burford Road, Witney, admitted breaching a community order made by Oxford Magistrates Court on August 28 by failing to comply with telephone contact on March 11 and January 26 and failing to comply with an appointment on March 1. The community order was varied and he must carry out 120 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months. He was also fined £25.