Sofina Begum, 52, and Aminur Rahman (no relation to the victim), 55, charged tenants around £90 a week, former residents said, suggesting the couple may have earned up to £9,000 a month from the property.
Begum, whose name was on the licence, has pleaded guilty to six offences including knowingly permitting unlicensed occupation, four counts of failing to comply with licence conditions and failing to comply with the requirements of a licence notice.
A couple who rented out a ‘grossly overcrowded’ flat where a tenant died in a fire could face a fine after being convicted of housing offences.
After the fire, Rahman told a Tower Hamlets Council officer that he rented the flat to two people and he did not know who the other occupiers were.
After one of the occupiers told the officers he paid rent to Rahman, the landlord ‘claimed not to speak English and the conversation ended’, prosecutors for the council said.
