He was cited as an "absentee landlord" in a Justice Department document laying out reasons for the lawyers' dismissals.

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The Scottish government had been accused of acting like an absentee landlord after the lease was awarded to South Ayrshire Stalking.

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"I am not an absentee landlord, " he admits.

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With an absentee landlord who never visits, nor even has a representative keep an eye on the place, a property on an otherwise clean and tidy street could be covered in unkempt weeds and graffiti or worse.

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