Disabled people at iconic London tower ‘trapped inhumanely inside’ after lifts broke

Vasundhata Gupte has said she cannot walk up the stairs due to a hamstring injury (Picture: W8media)

Disabled and elderly people said they were left trapped ‘inhumanely’ in a 28-story building after their lifts stopped working.

Residents living inside Balfron Tower, in Tower Hamlets, east London, were stuck inside their homes for nearly a week from May 13 after their lifts broke.

The 26-storey Grade II-listed tower, which forms part of the Brownfield Estate and is managed by property firm Way of Life, has two lifts.