A TROWBRIDGE man returned from 10 days in hospital this week to find he had been evicted from his home, with his medication and possessions trapped inside.

Will Mackinnon, 45, who has been treated for mental health problems, discovered he had been evicted from his home in Charlotte Square in Trowbridge on Tuesday.

He said: "The police had been round and I think they were evicting other people when I got to my block.

"All my possessions and my medication are in my house and I cannot get in to get to them," he added. "I have not seen a letter and I want to know why I am not allowed back to my home."

Mr Mackinnon, who has lived in the house in Charlotte Square for 18 months, had spent 10 days in Green Lane Hospital in Devizes before returning home on Tuesday to find the locks had been changed and he couldn't get in.

West Wiltshire Housing Society manages the property.

A spokesman for the Society said the timing of the eviction was regrettable but they were just following a standard procedure.

She said: "The most common reasons for evicting people are if they are in arrears with their rent, are causing problems with neighbours, or have convictions relating to things like drugs.

"Eviction is always a last resort and we do not want it to happen.

"We weren't to know that Mr Mackinnon had been in hospital, but there is a standard way to deal with evictions and in this case we followed it to the letter."

Mr Mackinnon is now relying on the generosity of friends for a roof over his head and is staying in Trowbridge with friend, Alison May.

She said: "Will has been in hospital now and again in the past, so this is nothing new, and you would have thought the housing association would take this into account.

"What worries me most is that his medication is in there, so how is he supposed to get better without it?"

The housing society said this case highlighted the need for more communication between support agencies to avoid eviction at a difficult time.

She said: "In some respects it is up to those people involved in caring for people to help them avoid this sort of thing.

"It does seem sad that Mr Mackinnon appears to have slipped through the net like this."