Caitlin Leadbitter's partner had to kill a rat in front of her autistic daughter after it tried to attack them in the flat
A Scots family are pleading with their local council to fix a vermin problem they say is making their lives a misery.
She claims the council told her she would have to declare her three-year-old daughter and herself homeless to be eligible for a new home. “I think some of the rats have been getting in through gaps that were left by whoever built the flat. We have a circle pipe coming through a square hole and large gaps where radiator pipes come through the floorboards.Caitlin said when she has asked for help from the council, contractors have cancelled on her or "brushed aside" her concerns. She said she has mental health issues which have worsened due to the rats and damp.
“But the smell lingered with them disappearing under the floorboards. I already have problems with eating and it was so problematic. “The sound of the rats is so triggering for my autistic daughter and I have paranoia that she won’t understand the danger they pose and try to pick one up. It is constant stress.”
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