Squatter who kicked a cancer-stricken pensioner out of her house is FINALLY evicted after two years – but leaves the woman with a massive clean-up bill
- Julie Pearn had been unable to live in her house for two and a half years
- In November 2016 Theresa Smith began squatting in Deniliquin, NSW property
- She was finally evicted recently but left a mess for Ms Pearn to clean up
A cancer-stricken pensioner who was forced out of her home by a squatter finally got her house back only to realise it had been destroyed.
Julie Pearn claimed her home in Deniliquin in NSW was trashed after Theresa Smith and her children were evicted.
Ms Pearn said they stayed in the home for two years illegally while she continued to pay the mortgage and live in a nearby motor home.
The pensioner, who was diagnosed with skin cancer and heart-related health problems, said the stress of trying to get her home back had worsened her conditions.
While Ms Pearn successfully got her home back, she said it no longer looks like the one she left behind.
Footage she took inside the property show doors smashed in, words etched into walls and furniture and broken items discarded everywhere.
Theresa Smith (pictured) moved into the Deniliquin, New South Wales property with her kids in 2016
The little possessions that were left in the home were haphazardly thrown together in a room, while Ms Pearn says Ms Smith took all the valuable items, including a brand new washing machine and dryer.
‘There’s mice crap and mice pee everywhere, it is disgusting. And to think they had kids living in here,’ she told 9 News.
Footage of the property shows rubbish strewn about the yard, parts of the house damaged, and the garden neglected.
The discovery comes after Ms Pearn worked tirelessly to get her home back, after Ms Smith wrongly claimed she had ‘squatters rights’.
Ms Pearn had been away visiting her sick father and rented the place out to a family friend, Nathan Atkinson, in the meantime.
But when she returned, she learned Nathan had left and his sister, Theresa, had moved in with her children.
Ms Pearn claims she tried to set up a formal rental agreement and even take Ms Smith to Centrelink to sort out financial assistance but she refused.
Ms Pearn continued to pay for Ms Smith’s rates because of children living in the home.
Ms Smith was served three eviction notices and ignored all of them, ACA reported.
‘As far as she’s concerned, she’s got the rights… she tells me to get off her property, get out of her house,’ Ms Pearn previously said.
Footage of the property shows rubbish strewn about the yard, parts of the house damaged, and the garden neglected
Julie Pearn (pictured) continued paying her mortgage on the house because she felt sorry for the children in the home