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| Gaddafi London home taken over by squatters | Gaddafi London home taken over by squatters |
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| Squatters have taken over a London house thought to belong to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, police have confirmed. | Squatters have taken over a London house thought to belong to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, police have confirmed. |
| A group calling themselves "Topple The Tyrants" occupied the £10m house in Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London on Wednesday morning. | A group calling themselves "Topple The Tyrants" occupied the £10m house in Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London on Wednesday morning. |
| They said they would remain in place until confident the property's assets would be returned to the Libyan people. | They said they would remain in place until confident the property's assets would be returned to the Libyan people. |
| The UK government froze assets owned by Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi and his family last week. | |
| The group's spokesman, Montgomery Jones told the BBC: "We will stay here until we can be sure the property will be returned to its rightful owners." | The group's spokesman, Montgomery Jones told the BBC: "We will stay here until we can be sure the property will be returned to its rightful owners." |
| He said: "The police came to look around, then went away. The house isn't occupied at the moment but there are things to sit on." | He said: "The police came to look around, then went away. The house isn't occupied at the moment but there are things to sit on." |
| The group said the property was managed by the Gaddafi family through a holding company registered in the British Virgin Islands. | The group said the property was managed by the Gaddafi family through a holding company registered in the British Virgin Islands. |
| In a statement it added: "We didn't trust the British government to properly seize the Gaddafi regime's corrupt assets, so we took matters into our own hands. | In a statement it added: "We didn't trust the British government to properly seize the Gaddafi regime's corrupt assets, so we took matters into our own hands. |
| "In the meantime we want to welcome refugees from the conflict in Libya and those fleeing tyranny and oppression across the world. | "In the meantime we want to welcome refugees from the conflict in Libya and those fleeing tyranny and oppression across the world. |
| "We stand in solidarity with the Libyan people." | "We stand in solidarity with the Libyan people." |
| A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said it was called to reports of unknown people entering an address in Hampstead Garden Suburb at approximately 1250 GMT. | A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said it was called to reports of unknown people entering an address in Hampstead Garden Suburb at approximately 1250 GMT. |
| "At this time this is being treated as a civil matter. There have been no arrests. Police are monitoring the situation," she said. | "At this time this is being treated as a civil matter. There have been no arrests. Police are monitoring the situation," she said. |
| The UK Treasury has not confirmed the value of the Gaddafi family assets that it has frozen, but reports suggest a figure of £1bn. | The UK Treasury has not confirmed the value of the Gaddafi family assets that it has frozen, but reports suggest a figure of £1bn. |