Wednesday, 11 June 2014

'Anti-Homeless Spikes' Spotted Outside London Building

Metal spikes designed to stop homeless people sheltering in doorways have caused outrage, after photographs of a London building went viral. The property, a building of flats on Southwark Bridge Road, has a series of at least 17 inch-long metal studs embedded in the floor of an alcove next to the doorway. The photographs were posted on Facebook, before being posted on Twitter, where they have been shared thousands of times. The pictures upset a lot of people, with many comparing them to spikes used to stop pigeons landing on buildings. Read more on the Daily Mirror website.

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