A couple’s lives are being made a misery after their home was invaded by ravenous rats which bite their TOES as they sleep.<br /><br />Andy Roberts, 56, and Rosie Glazzard, 53, are also terrified to use their toilet after seeing one swimming around the pan.<br /><br />Andy’s big toe was also nibbled as he slept in bed while Rosie's foot was bitten as well as her bottom.<br /><br />The couple have been left stressed and struggling to sleep after their home of 30 years was invaded by vermin last December.<br /><br />Shocking pictures show piles of rodent droppings under the bath of their home in Bannut Hill in Kempsey, Worcester.<br /><br />Video also shows a rat splashing around in their toilet in their bathroom.<br /><br />Their sofa and floorboards have been gnawed while the wires to their freezer have been chewed through as the rats swarm their home.<br /> <br />The couple's kitchen has also been taken over with teeth and claw marks on food tins where the rats tried to open them.<br /><br />Although pest controllers have been out to put down poison in trays, Andy says it isn’t working. <br /><br />Just days after the poison was set he found a baby rat swimming in his toilet.<br /><br />Rosie, who suffers with mental health issues, says she has been repeatedly attacked by the rats.<br /><br />She said: "I've been bitten three times. I was bitten last night on the bum and bitten on the toe the night before."<br /><br />The couple first noticed they had a rat problem before Christmas and reported the issue to Malvern Hills District Council.<br /><br />Platform Housing, which owns their home, were notified and they sent pest controllers to their maisonette where they trapped a rat in a jar.<br /><br />Andy said: "We have asked the council to move us. We should not be living here with rats. <br /><br />“I can't stay here tonight. We need somewhere else to go. When Rosie was asleep there was a rat on the back of the settee. <br /><br />“It was there for a few seconds, looking at me.<br /><br />"I could not believe my eyes when I saw one in the toilet bowl. <br /><br />“I felt a bit sick. It was a baby rat. Our neighbour Jan Jarvis came out and killed it. I didn't have the nerve to do it.<br /><br />"We just don't seem to be getting nothing done quickly enough to get rid of the rats. <br /><br />“How much longer have we got to stay in here with this rat problem?"<br /><br />Because Andy works as a cleaner at Meridian Speciality Packaging, he said he has been told not to come into work until the rats are gone. <br /><br />Marion Duffy, chief operations officer at Platform Housing Group said: “We are sorry to hear of our customers' concerns; we arranged for pest control to visit their home and we are awaiting their report so that we can deal with the issue. <br /><br />"We will continue to keep our customers updated.”
