The family, which included four small children, were initially told by Vrbo that the property’s issues were ‘minor’

A family who arrived at their rented holiday house to find bloodstained furniture and a room full of sex toys were told the problem was “minor” by the booking platform Vrbo.

Paul Norris [not his real name] and his wife had booked the five-bedroom, £300-a-night house in Northern Ireland for a week’s holiday for their extended family, including four young children.