A terminally ill mother-of-six is locked in a bitter eviction battle to remove a 'nightmare' tenant and his 10 dogs from her house.

Kelly Eastland, 43, is battling stage-four breast cancer and said she must sell the house in order to pay for £60,000 pioneering therapy in Germany.

However, a long-running court battle with her male tenant has left her unable to access the money tied up in the two-bedroom Cliftonville home in Kent.

The mother claimed the tenant owes her more than £15,000 in rent, and has filled the property with at least 10 dogs - kept in such squalid conditions that animal urine and faeces reportedly soaked through the floor and caused ceiling damage.

Mrs Eastland said she fears time is running out, and worries she will die before she is able to sell the home.