We won £90,000 lawsuit over our ‘dream flat’ but our compensation was mistakenly paid to the ex-owner… now she has vanished. English Sun Paper today, How could this Happen?

Judge has ordered the defendant to return the funds and we have additionally referred them to the police for investigation.

‘We’ve taken steps to prevent something like this from happening again.’

A couple were left ‘shocked and upset’ after a court mistakenly handed £90,000 compensation to the person they were suing – who has since stopped returning calls.

Gilly and Nigel Cutts’ ‘dream flat’ in Arundel, West Sussex, turned into a nightmare when water started making its way inside the Georgian building.

Whenever it rained water would pour through the ceiling and down the walls leaving the two-bedroom flat damp.