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A family has finally been moved out of their council flat after a severe bedbug infestation that left the parents unable to work.
Mark Henderson, 27, and Chelsea Francis, 26, feared passing the insects to others so refused to leave their one-bed property in Fulham, south-west London.
The couple - parents to Ewan, two, and Riley, four weeks - have been forced to live on £900-a-month benefits, since Chelsea has been declared unfit to work due to suffering with epilepsy.
Hammersmith & Fulham council finally moved the family into a hotel on Thursday while a new home is looked for.
Pictured: Toddler, Ewan. his family has finally been moved out of their council flat after a severe bedbug infestation
Pictured: Four-week-old baby Riley, who has also suffered from bedbug bites
Handyman Mark said: 'It was horrific having to live there. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
'Me, my partner and two kids couldn't leave the house because we are covered in bedbugs and didn't want to pass them on.
'I don't want people to think we're dirty - the house was spotless. We're clean people but the bedbugs were just everywhere.'
He added: 'My kids get bedbugs in their ears - it's absolutely disgusting.
'We couldn't go to out as a family.
'There was funfair the other day that we had planned to go to, but we couldn't. The bedbugs are in their prams, in their clothes - they are even in the fridge.
'We just want to live our lives and be able to go outside. No one should have to go through this.'
Bedbug bites covered mum of two Chelsea Francis's back, the family has now
