The latest ruling by another out-of-touch judge is almost beyond belief, if it emanated from any other source it would be, but I’ve reached the state of no longer being surprised by anything said by the men and women in wigs.
Judge Fiona Henderson has, at the request of the Advisory Service for Squatters, ordered Camden Council to publicise all its empty properties. The only reason the Advisory Service for Squatters could possibly want this information is to tell people where to go to illegally occupy houses and cause Camden Council the cost, at Council Tax payers’ expense, of evicting them and making good the damage they will have undoubtedly caused.
Judge Henderson declared that squatters were not law-breakers, ignoring the fact that to enter a locked house without a key involves committing criminal damage, and the occupation of an un-owned house involves using gas, water and electricity paid for by someone else, which is theft, both of which are against the law and makes those doing so law-breakers, how could a legally-trained judge be unaware of the law of the land?
This would be lamentable on its own but Judge Henderson went on to contradict herself by saying that she accepted her ruling would ‘facilitate squatting and associated crime’.
Let’s get this right, one of Her Majesty's judges has made a ruling which she accepts will lead directly to criminal activity!
No! I was wrong, it is beyond belief!
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