We’ve heard so many times the police saying, in response to squatters taking over someone’s home, “It’s a civil matter, there’s nothing we can do”, not it seems if the particular squat is anywhere near the route of a Royal Wedding!
On the 28th April police raided squats in Camberwell, Hackney and Sipson and arrested and removed twenty illegal occupants.
The police’s justification was that they suspected the crime of the theft of electricity had been committed.
Those arrested were later bailed with conditions preventing them returning to the squats.
It seems to me that two criminal elements must exist in all cases of illegal occupation; breaking in causes criminal damage and the use of the connected services is theft.
Why then do the police consistently refuse to use the powers they’ve demonstrated they have? Is it just laziness or is it a complete disregard for upholding the law that prevents them from arresting and removing squatters and giving them bail conditions to stop them returning to the premises?
Whatever it is it makes my blood boil. Come on coppers, get off your behinds and do what you’re supposed to do, protect and defend the law-abiding citizens plagued by this modern-day curse.
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