Squatters take over Colonel Gaddafi's son's £11m London mansion

[Ichingcarpenter]

Source: london evening standard

A group calling themselves Topple The Tyrants said they took over the house because they "didn't trust the British government to properly seize Gaddafi's corrupt assets".

The squatters unfurled a banner bearing a picture of Colonel Gaddafi and the slogan "Out Of Libya Out Of London" from the top of the house.

Four of them were spotted walking around on the roof as police took photographs from below
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Residents reported the burglar alarm going off at the property in Hampstead Garden Suburb. A man arrived in a black Porsche and had to be calmed down by police before driving away.
Gaddafi's son Saif tried to sell the property after his family's multi-billion pound fortune was frozen around the world. The house has a swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi and suede-lined cinema room.

Read more: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23930497-squatters-take-over-colonel-gaddafi-sons-pound-11m-mansion.do

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'Topple The Tyrants" ..... can mean a lot of things don't ya think?
I like it.

[dipsydoodle]

1. "didn't trust the .....

that is complete bollocks. They will trash the place and the net losers will be the Libyan people.

They must've forced entry which is a criminal act so getting them out shouldn't be any big deal.

The house can really only be in one of two roads and given who their neighbours are they may well need protection from the police.

[Taverner]

2. I dunno - I don't trust the Govt of the UK either

That whole Iraq thing, ya know?

[starroute]

3. Trusting soul, aren't you?

There are all kinds of squatters, and some of them may be crooks and vandals. But isn't it a bit premature to decide that this lot doesn't mean what they say and have nothing but mischief in mind?

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

5. All squatters in the UK claim to be "political"

But their virtually all just juvenile shits looking for a place to trash.

[classysassy]

4. Our Dictators

are safe and sound here in A Merry Ca,the Bush boys have nothing to fear our government will protect them even if we lose a thousand men and women defending them.

[ellenrr]

6. Activists occupy Gadhafi mansion in London

Source: AP

Wed Mar 9, 2:43 pm ET
LONDON – Activists on Wednesday occupied a London mansion owned by a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, and said they hoped Libyan refugees would join them.

A group calling itself Topple the Tyrants said its members entered the house in solidarity with Libyans trying to oust the Gadhafi regime. Several climbed onto the roof and unfurled a banner showing Gadhafi's face and the words "out of Libya, out of London."
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"We are not going to leave until we have a 100 percent guarantee that this house is going back to the Libyan people," said Belkasem Alghiryani, a 34-year-old squatter, from Manchester, England.
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Squatting is not a criminal offense in Britain unless force was used to enter a property, and evicting squatters can be a lengthy process.





Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110309/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_gadhafi_house

[dipsydoodle]

7. Posted yesterday ellenrr

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4762460

and yes - force was used to gain entry.