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Ruling against unrepentant racist landlord

A property tycoon who banned Indian and Pakistani tenants because he claimed they left his homes smelling of curry has been ordered to drop the “abhorrent” policy.

Fergus Wilson, who owns hundreds of properties in Kent, was handed the judgement at Maidstone County Court on Wednesday.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission sought an injunction against him after he directed a lettings agency not to rent his homes to “coloured” tenants.

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