Westonman wrote:
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Last week the Mail Online revealed how one of Bristol's most expensive homes - with a price tag of £2.25m - had been invaded by squatters.
Here Robert Hardman reveals what life is now like inside the grade II-listed building.
THE QUESTION:
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In the meantime, another question arises: if squatters can hook up to the electricity and water supplies with- out paying a bill and watch TV without buying a licence, do the rest of us still need to bother?
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A couple of policemen buzz the intercom. It turns out they are handing out leaflets following a burglary in the area.
I am watching the cops, and they are watching me, through a broken window pane, but they ask no further questions and leave. There is, after all, little they can do. 'It's a civil matter between the owner and the courts,' says a spokesman for Avon & Somerset Police when I call.
Theft of electricity and water is most certainly not a civil offence.
Whilst I understand the owner cannot physically remove these people he does have the right to enter peaceably and carry out some DIY on the property. If it was me I would remove the windows and doors and then use some noxious substance to fumigate the place...
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