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Pictured: The Steel family enjoy the beach hut in 2010 at Greenhill Gardens in Weymouth.

A notorious 'cartel' of elderly women who run a group of prized beach huts with an iron fist have again evicted a tenant on an apparent whim.

Maureen Smethurst was left 'close to tears' after receiving a blunt letter telling her to vacate her chalet after three years.

But when she questioned the decision, she was met by a menacing wall of silence.