Squat raid by Rottweiler in Brighton

According to the local rag The Argus, a squat in Kingsway, Hove was raided on Monday afternoon by a gang of six men carrying crowbars and baseball bats led by a Rottweiler. A group of 12 men and women have been using the site for about 3 weeks and were so terrified that they had to barricade themselves in an upstairs room.

Whilst they were up there the gang smashed the furniture, broke windows, ripped out the fuse boxes and pissed on their property including mattresses. Later that afternoon police arrested 3 men on suspicion of criminal damage and threatening behaviour.

According to one of the squatters "I was holding the (bedroom) door shut and they smashed it through with a crowbar, which cut my face and neck. There is a window at the side of the room and they smashed it to try and get in. One of them was kneeing the rottweiler in the head trying to wind it up and make it go for us. They said they would be back and we would be thrown out"

The two semi-detached homes are owned by a property development company called Stranmede Ltd. They originally applied to the police to report the occupation but were advised it was legal and there was no action they could take.

Then Stranmede boss David Martin decided to send the boys round. Seemingly admitting his involvement Martin said "it is a lot easier for the police to arrest 3 men rather than a dozen squatters"

Blackbyrd

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Address

29.11.2007 15:08

of the management company would be intresting. This typifies the usual capitalist landlord.
Surely the company who own this property should look at it that these squatters are actually looking after the property. A great shame that these scum let decent housing lie to rot to maximise profits.

@venger

do the right thing

29.11.2007 15:17

You got his name and address, then fuck this cunt and "his boys" up.

anarchist solidarity from London

i have address and phone number

29.11.2007 15:45

was going to post them but if the developer is given grief now it is likely that he will take it out on the squatters and i am not one of them

anyway they say revenge is a dish best served cold

Blackbyrd

Solidarity

29.11.2007 15:45

@ from London,at present haven`t got his or his companies address. Maybe an action planning for this weekend would be a good idea!!

@venger

Scum

29.11.2007 16:28

There are several stories that David Martin is a name used by David Abrahams, the donor who covered up his funding of the labour cronies etc.

See the Daily Torygraph 29/11/2007 (I kid you not) the piece is headed, " David Abrahams AKA David Martin". The story alleges that, " to his tenants he was known as David Martin, a name under which he has also held company directorships".

His address and details have been all over the papers lately. He has attracted considerable attention and might like some people to help him out. Go for it!

Rosa

Capitalists are about money

29.11.2007 17:43

His house painted with some smashed windows and locked doors would piss him off much more than a beating if he's as much of a capitalist lord as he sounds. Just a point.

remember

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29.11.2007 17:49

http://johnnyvoid.blogspot.com/2007/11/squat-attacked-by-rotty-in-brighton.html

pretty sure its a different David Martin

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too ofetn

30.11.2007 06:26

too often squats are illegally evicted and i know im not the only 1 who is fed up with it!

unfortunatly i dont have the computer skills, but a web site or something needs to be set up to post names and addresses of these bastards!

FIGHT BACK!

fed up

too ofetn

30.11.2007 06:26

too often squats are illegally evicted and i know im not the only 1 who is fed up with it!

unfortunately i dont have the computer skills, but a web site or something needs to be set up to post names and addresses of these bastards!

FIGHT BACK!

fed up

A different David Martin

30.11.2007 10:43

This one has links to Nicholas van Hoogstraten, and a £1m house in Hove Park. It would be shame if someone pissed in his swimming pool...

squatthelot

similarities

30.11.2007 10:47

although they are remarkably similar - David Abrahams aka Martin also evicted tenants illegally i don't think they are the same since David martin lives in Hove and David Abrahams lives in Newcastle

both have also spent vast sums doing up their homes and pissing off their neighbours

blackbyrd

Hove Park Developer

21.02.2008 18:17

This Hove Park developer has since sold up in Brighton and moved abroad. No known address.

Just so you know. The current residents of his former address are not related to him or his business in any way.

Phoebe

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