A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
Mollie Simpson
Mollie is an investigative reporter. In 2025, she won the local journalism prize at the British Journalism Awards for her reporting on the University of Greater Manchester.
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