Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay pub on sale for £13m | UK Information

Squatters have taken over a pub in London leased by Gordon Ramsay which is presently up on the market with a information value of £13m.

The home windows of the Grade II-listed York & Albany, close to Regent’s Park, have been boarded up, whereas a discover taped to a door stated the group had a proper to occupy the venue.

Kitchen Nightmares host Ramsay known as the police on Wednesday however was unable to have the squatters eliminated, it’s understood.

The Metropolitan Police stated in a press release they have been made “conscious of squatters at a disused property” however added: “It is a civil matter and so police didn’t attend the property.”

Movie director Gary Love purchased the freehold of the previous nineteenth century teaching inn and leased the pub to Ramsay on a 25-year time period with an annual lease of £640,000.

Ramsay unsuccessfully tried to free himself from the lease in a authorized battle on the Excessive Courtroom in 2015 and the venue went on sale on the finish of final 12 months with a information value of £13m.

Two folks sporting masks and black tracksuits and carrying rucksacks and service baggage have been seen leaving the pub on Saturday morning.

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A chunk of paper taped to a door, which has been signed by “The Occupiers”, stated : “Take discover that we occupy this property and always there may be at the least one particular person in occupation.

“That any entry or try and enter into these premises with out our permission is due to this fact a prison offence as any considered one of us who’s in bodily possession is against such entry with out our permission.

“That in case you try and enter by violence or by threatening violence we’ll prosecute you.

“It’s possible you’ll obtain a sentence of as much as six months’ imprisonment and/or a nice of as much as £5,000.

“That if you wish to get us out you’ll have to subject a declare for possession within the County Courtroom or within the Excessive Courtroom.”

One other discover requested passers-by for “meals and garments donations or the rest you now not need or want”.

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In accordance with authorities steerage, squatters can apply to grow to be the registered homeowners of a property if they’ve occupied it constantly for 10 years, acted as homeowners for the entire of that point and had not beforehand been given permission to stay there by the proprietor.

A consultant of Ramsay declined to remark when contacted by Sky Information.