AND THEY'RE OFF
Squatters at Gordon Ramsay’s £13million London pub promise to get out by midday today
The gang of professional squatters somehow bypassed all the security and CCTV
SQUATTERS at Gordon Ramsay’s £13million pub waved the white flag yesterday and promised to get out by midday today.
The freeloaders agreed to leave after the sweary father-of-five TV chef, 57, obtained a High Court possession order.
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Bailiffs taped copies to the Grade II-listed York & Albany Hotel demanding the interlopers go straight away.
Sixty were last night believed still to be inside the pub in Camden, North London.
One said: “We’re looking for somewhere else. We think a midday deadline to go is reasonable.”
The group, who had set up a “community cafe” in the swanky boozer, claimed in a statement that it had been left empty for years.
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In granting the possession order, a High Court judge described the building as “historical” and of “significant value”.
A source said last week: “It’s an absolute nightmare scenario for poor Gordon.
“The pub was temporarily closed whilst he was finalising a new lease, and during this handover period a gang of professional squatters somehow bypassed all the security and CCTV, and got themselves in.
“They’ve now boarded themselves in the building and are slowly taking over the place, leaving their crap everywhere and brazenly telling locals this is now their home.
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“They’ve glued tight all the locks and are cooking up a storm in the kitchen, which is especially galling for Gordon.”
The source said there were at least five men and a woman there, adding: “Some are crashing on sofas, but others have taken over the beautiful bedrooms. God knows the damage and filth."
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