A disabled pensioner was left devastated after utility workers dug up his beloved garden and abandoned it in ruins for months.

Adisa Borokinni, 70, spent over a thousand pounds doing up his front garden so he could access it with his wheelchair.

Mr Borokinni, who has owned his flat in Pollokshields for over 45 years, had special concrete slabs put in place so he could enjoy the green space.

He said: “I spent over £1000 for the stones alone. And then we put slabs at the bottom.

"I’ve spent such a lot of money and we couldn’t get use of the garden this summer. I'm disabled, I can't go out, I can't put my wheelchair into the garden now.”

Glasgow Times:

Contractors arrived at the property around eight months ago to install Openreach fibre and used Mr Borokinni's garden to lay cables.

Mr Borokinni and his wife were unaware any works were meant to take place and thought the contractors had been sent from the council, his daughter Amanda Borokinni says.

She said: "They came and spoke to my mum. They just chapped the door. They never said who they were, they just said they were doing work outside and could they access her garden.

“My mum actually thought they were from the council. She's 70 as well.

"So she just said sure, thinking they were going to do the work and put the garden back. But they didn’t."

Glasgow Times:

The workers abandoned Mr Borokinni's garden in ruins, leaving a massive hole with exposed cables sticking out of it.

A pile of rubble was also discarded beside the excavation with Mr Borokinni's stone slabs left scattered around the garden area.

Amanda said: "The way the cables are extruding from the hole, the slabs are not going to go back in place.

“I think they should really have come up the main path, they shouldn’t have come up through my dad's garden at all.

“They’ve used my dad's garden as a quick fix, not really thinking of how it would impact him."

Mr Borokinni describes the mess as a "major problem" that has caused him a lot of distress.

Amanda said: “This has had such a detrimental impact on my father’s health.

"He's disabled, but he also has mental health issues and he doesn’t get out often. The garden was his only saving grace.

“There are three steps leading down to the back garden, which is just too hard for him with the wheelchair, that’s why we got the space done.

“And it’s really impacted his mood.

She added: “He used the garden all the time, not just when the weather is nice.

"All weathers he will go out to get fresh air because he's pretty much just in the flat 24/7."

Glasgow Times:

The family also shared safety concerns over the gaping hole as children lived in the building.

Amanda tried to solve the problem for her dad but struggled to track down who was responsible.

Glenevin Construction, who own the barrier, claimed that they had nothing to do with the incident but said that Mr Borokinni could keep the barrier there as a safety measure.

The mess was left for over eight months, but after the Glasgow Times stepped in it's understood that Openreach sent contractors to the property to amend the damage.

A spokesperson for Openreach said: "We’re very sorry for the time taken for this garden to be reinstated to its original condition and the distress this has caused.

"We’re looking into why this has taken so long to resolve but in the meantime, the work will be completed as soon as possible to the customer's satisfaction.”