A gang of suspected foreign criminals who seized the home of a frail pensioner have finally been booted out after the woman's plight was raised by MailOnline.
For the last two months a horde of alleged squatters have been running riot at the £590,000 terraced home in Chingford, north east London.
It's believed Eastern European crooks 'deliberately' targeted the three-bedroom property while the woman, who is in her 80s, was visiting a 102-year-old friend.
Despite outrage from neighbours and the elderly woman's home being in the hands of strangers, the Metropolitan Police initially refused to kick the group out, amid months of seeming confusion over whether it was a civil or criminal issue.
But within days of MailOnline breaking the news about the fiasco, officers took 'decisive' action and removed the gaggle of home invaders.
