An ex-firefighter says he is trapped after the car park where his motorhome is located was closed off by the council. Richard Fitzgerald has lived at the car park in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, for a year with no heating, electricity or running water. He said a council refuse lorry became stuck and "churned up the ground" last week, while he was not at the site. He returned, then got stuck himself, before the council blocked off the entrance. Dacorum borough councillor for the ward, Pete Hannell, said work to lay a new purpose-built car park would begin by early May and would take about four weeks to complete. Fitzgerald served as a Hertfordshire firefighter for nearly three decades and said he left the service on ill-health grounds "one year shy of receiving his full pension". He said he became homeless after the breakdown of his marriage and bought his motorhome to live in, and he has been at the car park behind Bennetts End Surgery. Fitzgerald said he made numerous applications to be housed by Dacorum Borough Council but was told he was "not a priority", despite what he called his "mental health issues". He said he had appealed without success. The barriers at the car park m
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An ex-firefighter says he is trapped after the car park where his motorhome is located was closed off by the council. Richard Fitzgerald has lived at the car park in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, for a year with no heating, electricity…
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An ex-firefighter says he is trapped after the car park where his motorhome is located was closed off by the council. Richard Fitzgerald has lived at the car park in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, for a year with no…
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An ex-firefighter says he is trapped after the car park where his motorhome is located was closed off by the council. Richard Fitzgerald has lived at the car park in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, for a year with no heating, electricity…
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