Gaddafi Son's London Mansion Occupied By 'Topple The Tyrants' Activist Group

LONDON -- Activists say they have occupied a London mansion owned by a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

A group calling itself Topple the Tyrants said it entered the house Wednesday. Spokesman Montgomery Jones says the squatters, who are not Libyan, will stay "until this property can be returned to the Libyan people."

Police say officers are monitoring the situation and no arrests had been made.

The eight-bedroom Georgian-style house with swimming-pool and sauna is reportedly owned by Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, who had put it on the market for more than 10 million pounds ($16 million). It was withdrawn from sale last month.

The British government has seized more than $3.3 billion in assets belonging to the Gadhafi family and associates, as part of sanctions.

Comments

[NewHavenCountyCT]

08:52 AM on 03/11/2011

Well I think the British government should seize the asset, and then hand it over to the Libyan government once Gadhaffi is removed. I'm sure their ambassador or president will be able to use it.

[patman77]

05:42 PM on 03/10/2011

didnt the bp execs livin there object.

[Anabelle Whitepaws]

01:09 PM on 03/10/2011

so what if someone steals or breaks something? not that i'm sympathetic to the Gahdafi's, but, this doesn't sound normal at all. just saying...

[Anabelle Whitepaws]

01:06 PM on 03/10/2011

wow... one less place to run and hide when the family's booted out of Libya...

[jfair80]

11:55 AM on 03/10/2011

Better than than just burning it down.

[Sasa Milosevic]

10:08 AM on 03/10/2011

It is shameful for UK to tolerate such wild act. Gaddafi's son is the owner of this mason in UK and his owner's right must be protected according to UK law independently of his political responsibility in the own country. The silence of UK's police speaking of an involvement of UK Government in Libyan uprising. In any other case this would be treated as a criminal act and police would react for sure according to law.

[BlackYowe]

12:21 PM on 03/10/2011

Have you ever seen their squatters over there? They move into places all the time. Check out their laws its very unlike the USA.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2049946,00.html

[ThinkyMcgee]

12:22 PM on 03/10/2011

Gaddafi has robbed his people, and given it to his son. Gaddafi's son no more owns this property than the squatters themselves.

[butchcliff]

09:10 AM on 03/10/2011

Sorry opportunists

[butchcliff]

09:09 AM on 03/10/2011

They're really not protesters. English call them squatters (take over abandoned houses)
They are opporuinists. Government is the only ones that can seize assets.

[osofar]

05:28 AM on 03/10/2011

Another big house for a small man...

[whyus]

10:50 PM on 03/09/2011

O.K.

[Stock Lady]

10:26 PM on 03/09/2011

Good for them!

[procrustes13]

07:18 PM on 03/09/2011

Georgian, isn't it

[Levittown]

05:57 PM on 03/09/2011

Wrong. Very wrong.

[Ramkshrestha]

04:37 PM on 03/09/2011

That could be the reason that couple of days before the ship coming to UK was full of money