A notorious Montreal landlord was in court this morning to fight city fines for violating numerous health and safety violations at his apartment buildings.

But the hearing was postponed, further upsetting the ornery landlord.

Claudio di Giambattista was as fiesty as ever, blaming the city and the media for his woes. He interrupted and talked over the judge several times in court, upset over the delay and why he's being asked to pay fines when he insists there's nothing wrong with his buildings which were plagued with water infiltration, mold and vermin. His tenants in the Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension borough had to leave the buildings which were shut down.

"I don't have to fix. What fix? The city don't give any notice," di Giambattista told reporters, insisting the city didn't him any warnings about fixing the problems.

Andre Trépanier, spokesman for the tenants' rights group Park Extension Action Committee, said the city has issued numerous warnings and that'll be for the judge to decide.

"I'm happy to see that the city keeps going with the cases and put a lot of tickets and I have a lot of expectations," Trépanier said.

"We hope that now the city of Montreal will do a better application of the housing bylaw."

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