A whistleblower who worked at a notorious drug deaths hotel claims he tried to evict drug dealers but was thwarted by bosses.
Peter Dobbins claims he set out to drive out two dealers from the Queens Park Hotel in Glasgow after one woman suffered a fatal overdose.
But the former hotel porter says he was ordered by a manager to “let sleeping dogs lie” because police hadn’t charged anyone.
Dobbins believes that bosses of the Queens Park Hotel, who own three other similar properties, should have done more to stop the flow of street Valium and rising tide of deaths.
The Record has told of three deaths since May 4 at the Queens Park Hotel and a total of 11 in just over three years. More than 40 deaths have happened at six homeless hotels in Glasgow since March 2020.
Five people died in just 19 days last month.
Bosses at the hotel, which is used to house homeless single people by Glasgow City Council. deny any wrongdoing.
Peter Dobbins said: “I have clear evidence of me flagging up the fact that dealers should be evicted but being told to leave it alone.
“I asked how many more had to die before we took action and I was stonewalled.
“Meanwhile I read in the Daily Record of another three deaths in just 19 days at the hotel which shows that the Queens Park has massive problems that need sorting out.”
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