Squatting will become a criminal offence in September

Fri May 4 23:45:15 BST 2012

Squatting to become a criminal offence
by Martin Bentham Evening Standard - 01 May 2012
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/uk/squatting-to-become-a-criminal-offence-7703881.html
Squatting will become a criminal offence at the 
start of September after legislation to protect 
homeowners was passed by Parliament today.
Under the change, squatters will face up to six 
months in jail and a maximum £5,000 fine if they 
move into a homeowners property.
It will be the first time that squatting has 
become a crime and follows a spate of cases in 
which residents have returned to find their homes 
occupied, and often damaged, by intruders who refuse to leave.
Charities and other campaigners have complained 
that the measure, contained in the Governments 
Legal Aid and Sentencing Bill, will criminalise 
the homeless and add to the numbers living on the streets.
Justice minister Crispin Blunt insisted today, 
however, that homeowners needed more protection 
as he announced that the new law would come into effect from September 1.
For too long squatters have had the justice 
system on the run, he said. Not any more. Hard 
working homeowners need and deserve a justice 
system where their rights come first, this new 
offence will ensure the police and other agencies 
can take quick and decisive action to deal with the misery of squatting.
As well as making squatting a crime, the new 
legislation contains other changes intended to 
make easier for homeowners to prove that their 
home is being occupied unlawfully.
There will, for example, no longer be a 
requirement to show that a squatter has displaced 
a resident and that the victim has nowhere else 
to live in. Squatting has previously only been a 
civil offence. That has left homeowners facing 
potentially lengthy and expensive legal battles to remove squatters.

Squatters move in to £7.5m mansion with swimming 
pools, cinema and nuclear bunker eyed by Johnny Depp and John Terry
Luxury property has a 100-yard lake, seven 
kitchens, 17 bathrooms, 14 reception rooms, 
ballroom, tennis court, spa, sauna and steam room, and orangery
Seven invaders displayed legal notice stating their rights to stay at the home
Police say they are powerless to act
Squatter's verdict: 'It's a smashing house'

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By Tom Gardner - PUBLISHED: 14:56, 4 May 2012 | UPDATED: 16:24, 4 May 2012
Squatters have invaded the £7.5m mansion once 
sought after by Hollywood movie star Johnny Depp and footballer John Terry.
Police were called the luxury home which comes 
with two swimming pools, 34-seat cinema and 
nuclear bunker, after intruders were discovered.
But officers left without making arrests after 
the group of seven squatters put up a legal 
notice stating their rights to stay at the 
ten-bedroom residence called Golden Hill, in 
Romsey, Hampshire, which is still being built.
Squatter Ian Randall, 38, who moved into the 
house with common law wife Jade, 24, said: I used no force to enter.
Me, my wife and another person were offered £500 
pounds between us to leave quietly. The place was 
unsecured and unlocked and there is no damage to the property.
It is a smashing house. We just camped out in 
the room, played cards in our sleeping bags and had a few sandwiches.
Take notice: The squatters have refused the leave 
the property - despite claiming to have been offered £500 to get out
We stayed there because our friends were 
squatting and they phoned us offering a place because we are homeless.
The police came but left in the morning. They 
said there was nothing they could do because it was a civil matter.
Pirates of the Caribbean actor Depp, 48, and 
Chelsea captain Terry, 31, have both shown an interest in buying the property.
The 22,000sq ft property has a 100-yard lake, 
seven kitchens, 17 bathrooms, 14 reception rooms, 
ballroom, tennis court, spa, sauna and steam room, and orangery.
It also comes with a 225-yard par three golf 
hole, gym, billiards room, bespoke bar, panic 
room with bank vault doors and an underground tunnel.
The squatters had taped up legal warning posters 
around the house referring to Section 6 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.
It read: We live in this property, it is our 
home and we intend to stay here. If you attempt 
to enter by violence or by threatening violence we will prosecute you.
A & B Homes, who own the mansion, said: The 
squatters claims are wrong and force had been used to enter the property.
Film star Depp was spotted in the sleepy market 
town near Southampton, coming out of the house 
gates in a car in January by a shopkeeper.
England ace Terry has also looked at snapping up 
the property but decided not to purchase it after 
realising it was too far away from Chelseas training ground in Cobham, Surrey.
A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: We 
liaised with the owners at the site and provided them with advice.
It has been closed as far as we are concerned, 
there does not appear to have been criminal offences committed.
Officers had found damage to the entrance gates 
to the property, but we are not in a position to 
arrest or charge anyone as we have been unable to 
obtain evidence of who caused the damage. 
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