{"id":295976,"date":"2011-03-09T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T17:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/09\/squatters-in-gaddafi-london-home\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T17:24:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T17:24:29","slug":"squatters-in-gaddafi-london-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/squatters-in-gaddafi-london-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatters in Gaddafi London home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n 9 March 2011<\/span>
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Squatters have taken over a London house thought to belong to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, police have confirmed.<\/p>\n

A group calling itself “Topple The Tyrants” occupied the \u00a310.9m house in Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

It said it would remain in place until confident the property’s assets would be returned to the Libyan people. <\/p>\n

The UK government froze assets owned by Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi and his family last week.<\/p>\n

The group’s spokesman, Montgomery Jones told the BBC: “Saif Gaddafi and the Gaddafi regime have taken millions of pounds, billions of pounds in fact away from the people of Libya and used residences like this.<\/p>\n

“We’ve taken it so that it will be returned to its rightful owners who are the Libyan people.”<\/p>\n

He added: “The police came to look around, then went away. The house isn’t occupied at the moment but there are things to sit on.”<\/p>\n

The group said the property was managed by the Gaddafi family through a holding company registered in the British Virgin Islands. <\/p>\n

The squatters unfurled a banner on the roof which read, “Out of Libya Out of London” and “Solidarity”.<\/p>\n

‘Solidarity’<\/span><\/p>\n

The group would not say how it got into the property or how many people were inside. <\/p>\n

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When you get inside you realise it is full of huge rooms and all the trappings of his status\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In a statement it added: “We didn’t trust the British government to properly seize the Gaddafi regime’s corrupt assets, so we took matters into our own hands.<\/p>\n

“In the meantime we want to welcome refugees from the conflict in Libya and those fleeing tyranny and oppression across the world.<\/p>\n

“We stand in solidarity with the Libyan people.” <\/p>\n

The eight-bedroom, Georgian-style house with swimming-pool and sauna had recently been put on the market for more than \u00a310.9m. It was withdrawn from sale last month. <\/p>\n

Describing the house, Mr Jones said: “It looks relatively nondescript from the outside but when you get inside you realise it is full of huge rooms and all the trappings of his status.<\/p>\n

“It’s palatial, it’s got five storeys, it is full of marble and glass and other expensive materials. It’s got a flat-screen TV in almost every room.”<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said it was called to reports of unknown people entering an address in Hampstead Garden Suburb at approximately 1250 GMT.<\/p>\n

“At this time this is being treated as a civil matter. There have been no arrests. Police are monitoring the situation,” she said. <\/p>\n

The UK Treasury has not confirmed the value of the Gaddafi family assets that it has frozen, but reports suggest a figure of \u00a31bn.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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