'He is paranoid... he is really scared he’s going to get them or pass them on'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A bedbug infestation has prevented a pensioner from seeing his grandchildren for MONTHS as he’s ‘paranoid’ — despite not having the pests himself.

The 73-year-old lives at Annie Darby Court, in Harpurhey. Some flats and communal areas in the council-run retirement complex were treated for pests earlier this month.

Relatives of residents believe the infestation has been there ‘two years’, with the daughter of one retiree believing the problem is so severe it gave her mum ‘a skin infection’.

Now, after the MEN revealed last week an infestation was found, another relative has come forward to say her father is troubled by bedbugs, even though they’ve not been found in his home. “He used to come up here and see his grandchildren, but he has not set foot in here since November because he is petrified of having bedbugs on him,” the 37-year-old, from Salford, said. “I have seen a massive deterioration with him with this.