Cara Winnie Jones, who lives in Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, with her 14-year-old daughter, says she is trapped in her bedroom and living off takeaways after a rat infestation in her council property left her "terrified" in her own home.

       Ms Jones says she is a “nervous wreck” and felt like her mental health depleted after she found two dead rats in her mop bucket last week.

       Despite placing towels under the door and thoroughly cleaning the property to control the infestation, she believes rats are coming in after digging holes in the communal garden which her kitchen backs onto.

       The shared space is unkept and rubbish bins have been left overflowing - making it a prime target for the rodents.

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       Ms Jones told BirminghamLive that Solihull Borough Council had come out promptly to fill holes and put poison down - but claims she was told she could be waiting until August for them to come and do a deep clean.

       She said she believed she was being "treated unfairly" and after taking to Facebook to ask for help, she has been inundated with support from locals - some of which have even supplied her with rat traps.

       She wrote: "Has anyone had to deal with rats in their council property? I feel like I'm being treated unfairly. For four days now I've been overrun with rats in my kitchen. I already suffer with mental health [problems] and this is just tipping me over the edge.

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