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Council forces elderly man out of home
81-year-old sectioned and removed following fights with council over eviction

A VULNERABLE elderly man fighting eviction was yesterday “forcefully sectioned” by officials, sparking protests from local residents.

Lambeth Council have been threatening to sell Tony Healy’s Victorian terrace on Clapham’s Rectory Grove for over a year.

Mr Healy was one of the last remaining residents in the street, refusing to leave the home he had lived in for over 30 years and renovated at own expense.

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