A landlord who threatened to throw a Taiwanese student’s possessions “out in the street” as she illegally evicted her has unsuccessfully appealed against her prosecution.

Appearing at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday (September 9), Alexandria Kenna of Oakwood Hill, Loughton, was ordered to pay extra costs of £740 and a further £475 compensation to her former tenant as her appeal was dismissed.

Kenna forced the student out from her house in December 2015, just two months after she moved in.

The tenant had signed a six month contract at a rate of £475 per month for a room and utilities.

Kenna demanded a rent increase of £50 towards the electricity bill but the student refused, and the landlord told her she had to leave that day.

She then threatened to throw her possessions in the street, took away her keys and shouted at her.

At one point, Kenna locked the door and refused to let the tenant leave, or anyone else in, until she had cleared her room and moved her belongings downstairs.

According to an Epping Forest District Council report, the tenant was in a “desperate situation” with no family in the country to help her and no money for alternative accommodation, and Kenna refusing to return her deposit or rent that she had paid up until December 16.

Magistrates previously concluded it had been “a thoroughly unpleasant incident for the tenant who would have it found highly intimidating and frightening” and the claim for additional money for electricity was found to be unreasonable.

In addition to the costs ordered on Friday, Kenna had already been fined £275, ordered to pay £447.50, a victim surcharge of £28 and an extra £100 to the tenant for her distress.