Man leaves home for a week, 15 Italian squatters, 3 dogs and 2 cats move in. - Polidicks

[quote]In the middle of completely refurbishing his five-bedroom house, Connan Gupta felt he deserved a week off. It is a decision he is now regretting because 15 squatters took advantage of his short absence to occupy the £700,000 property. The jobless Italians changed the locks and have taken up residence along with their three dogs and two cats. They claim the fact they cannot afford to rent gives them the right to take over the Victorian property in Camberwell, South-East London. Police are powerless to intervene because squatting is a civil rather than criminal offence. [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/21/article-1322246-0BAEDD9A000005DC-819_306x423.jpg[/img] Mr Gupta, a 40-year-old hotelier, has been forced to seek alternative accommodation and instruct a solicitor to have the intruders evicted. He left the house on October 10 for his week off and returned on Monday to find he couldn’t open the door. A squatter’s rights notice was posted in a window. ‘This is just ridiculous,’ he said. ‘Everything’s in there. All my worldly possessions, clothes, valuables, and medication I need for a skin condition. It is hellish. I always triple-lock the house and when I went away I made sure everything was locked. ‘It is really scary that you can go on holiday and come back and your house has been taken. I’m profoundly shocked that this can happen. ‘I tried to open the door and found the locks had been changed. Then I saw the note, and banged on the door saying I was the owner and a voice inside said “Just go away”. ‘I just have to sit here and wait. It’s as if the squatters have more rights than I do.’ [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/20/article-1322246-0BAEDF0E000005DC-564_634x465.jpg[/img] The squatters claim the front door was open when they arrived at the house two weeks ago. One, Valentina, 26, said: ‘None of us have any money or jobs. I don’t feel guilty about being here because no one else had been here for at least two years, the neighbours told us. ‘There’s no sink, no running water, no electricity, no carpets and the place was filthy. All of the owner’s stuff was packed away and stored. ‘I’ve never squatted before but when three of us found it we called our friends who are having difficulties of their own and told them about it. ‘When the owner came on Monday in the morning we told him we were squatting, and he was really aggressive. ‘We’ll go if the court tells us to but until then we’re staying. If he wants his things he’ll have to wait. If I find a job then I’ll start paying rent like a normal person.’ They have turned the front room into a sixth bedroom and are using Mr Gupta’s wardrobes to store their clothes. They are also making use of his three leather sofas, sauna, hundreds of DVDs and television. An eviction hearing is expected to be held in the next two weeks.[/quote] [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1322246/Man-leaves-home-week-decorated-15-squatters-in.html[/url] Fucking squatters rights.

Connan would bite their heads off like he did with that Vulture

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I don't get why he just doesn't break the door down, or a window.

I had to Google squatter because I didn't know what it meant. I thought it was an animal for a second. [quote]a person who settles on land or occupies property without title, right, or payment of rent[/quote] [editline]21st October 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=IStanI;25556132]I don't get why he just doesn't break the door down, or a window.[/QUOTE] 15 against 1.

I'd break in and beat the shit out of them. With some sort of weapon ofcourse.

What the fuck, they need to be evicted? It's not their fucking house!

Since fucking when did squatters have rights? I can't begin to comprehend what this means, as I believed it to be an oxymoron. AhhhhhhhGHHgh, this is just so incredibly stupid. Hell, why can't he 'squat' back his land or something?

Seriously, it's like if a robber broke into my house, and I called the police and they said "I LIVE HERE NOW SO YOU CANT ARREST ME" And then the robber lived in my house until I could get him an eviction notice.

Smoke them out. Crack a window, build a tire fire and funnel it in. Bastards will leave.

Tear Gas.

Thats AWESOME. BRB, going to UK and waiting for someone to leave their house for a week, change locks and claim victory!

see if this was america, it'd be something along the lines of homeowner gets gun homeowner shoots everybody inside the house and kills them homeowner leaves bodies in a pile in the living room, police come homeowner states that he was defending his home from intruders homeowner wins

Jegus, the house owner looks like some kind of rapist/murderer.

So if his doors were locked when he left then..surely I can go next door, break in or pick the lock or something while they're out - change the locks and squat in their house?? Or only if there's been no utility bills paid for some time? I really don't get it.

What the FUCK is wrong with Britain? Seriously, that's a really fucking stupid policy.

What do they mean, a civil offence? Aren't those squatters trespassing?

[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;25556288]Thats AWESOME. BRB, going to UK and waiting for someone to leave their house for a week, change locks and claim victory![/QUOTE] Im going too, cya there.

[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/20/article-1322246-0BAEDF0E000005DC-564_634x465.jpg[/img] :smug: Easy to understand why he's incredibly pissed.

[quote]no electricity[/quote] [quote]making use of his television[/quote] :frog:

[QUOTE=aznz888;25556321]see if this was america, it'd be something along the lines of homeowner gets gun homeowner shoots everybody inside the house and kills them homeowner leaves bodies in a pile in the living room, police come homeowner states that he was defending his home from intruders homeowner wins[/QUOTE] If this was NORTH America the cops would go in and arrest the squatters for breaking and entering.

what the fuck that can't be true

[quote]They claim the fact they cannot afford to rent gives them the right to take over the Victorian property in Camberwell, South-East London.[/quote] Cannot comprehend :psyduck:

This is absurd, how isn't this a criminal offense?

This makes me angry.

If this was the US they'd either be dead or arrested.

What the fuck, they're getting away with this?

[img_thumb]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/20/article-1322246-0BAEDF0E000005DC-564_634x465.jpg[/img_thumb] We be makin a pasta in your house [img_thumb]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/21/article-1322246-0BAEDD9A000005DC-819_306x423.jpg[/img_thumb] Fucking italians!

[QUOTE=Theman!;25556595]If there's been forced entry (or proof of it) then the police can remove them from the building. If you leave your front door open, as they claim, then it's a lot harder to get rid of them. They can also put up a section 6 on the house which further complicates things. Hell, I know a bunch of people that are squatting a massive mansion near where I live, I think it was halfway through being renovated/sold when they started and now I think the owner has given up, or the process is still ongoing but they've been there a good couple of months.[/QUOTE] Wow thats bullshit, I would just pay to have them killed.

[QUOTE=mastermaul;25556613]What the fuck, they're getting away with this?[/QUOTE] It's a civil matter, not much you can do except wait.