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AN innocent couple’s home has been wrongly raided for the 41st time – just days after police pledged it would never happen again.

Matthew Jillard and Claire Hayes told last week how they have suffered 18 months of their home being mixed up with another 100 yards away.

Police promised them they had fixed the problem – but blundering officers made the same error at the weekend.

Now the couple, who have never been in trouble with the law, have vowed to move.

Office worker Claire, 42, said: “This was the final straw. They apologised but I feel the only thing we can do is move house.

“I spent an entire day talking to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and they promised me it wouldn’t happen again because a computer marker had been put on our house to stop a future mix-up.

“They seem incapable of solving this problem.”

Police keep confusing the couple’s home in Repton Road, Birmingham, with one round the corner in Repton Grove. Matthew, 38, was once confronted by 10 officers in bullet-proof vests.

Officers also banged on the door twice on Christmas Day.

They later apologised with flowers. But handyman Matthew, who took photos of the police after the latest raid on Saturday morning, said: “We’ve been renting this house for 10 years but we’re definitely moving. I fear one day armed police are going to come flying through.”

Last night West Midlands police said: “Despite measures put in place to prevent such an occurrence, it appears human error has led to officers attending the incorrect address. We will be contacting them to apologise and discuss the matter further.”