Upper Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Cooke upheld a First-tier Tribunal banning order against Jama Ahmed Farrah, aged 104, for five years under the Housing and Planning Act 2016. He was convicted on 6 March 2024 of two offences under section 1(3A) of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 between 5 December 2022 and 21 December 2022.
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Summarised from the official record linked above; figures are as the source states them. Added 14 September 2026.
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