Man bitten by rat; wall caves in at pest-infested and 'unsafe' rental property
iSTOCK The house was infested with rodents that lived in the walls and ceiling. (File photo) They would regularly get inside the house and leave droppings or ruin the tenant’s and her flatmate’s belongings. The tenant told the tribunal the constant scrabbling noise from inside the walls kept her awake at night, and she had found both dead and alive animals inside the house. The constant presence of the pests often “frightened” and “repulsed” the tenant, she said. On one occasion, when her flatmate tried laying bait, he was bitten on the finger by a rat. Wiring within the hous...