Toulouse: to avoid eviction, the squatters of a house have been living there for several days, a video proves the opposite
Squatters have been dislodged, while they certified living in a house located rue Brossolette in Toulouse, for several weeks. A video filmed by a passer-by the same day an evil doubts their word …
A video can quickly become compromising. Especially when you decide to lie to the police. This Saturday, November 27, around 3 p.m., squatters set their sights on an inhabited house, located rue Pierre Brossolette in Toulouse. But when the police intervened, around 5 p.m., these intruders certified that they had lived there since November 21. As proof, they brandished mail sent in their name to this address at the beginning of last week. In this way, they could not be expelled by the police.
He had been sending mail for several days
Except that this house had already been squatted three years earlier. In 2018, after this unfortunate experience, the owner, who lives in the Pyrénées Orientales, asked the neighborhood to be vigilant. And a regular in the neighborhood triggered near the scene this Saturday around 3 p.m. He filmed everything on his phone. On the video, we see these intruders breaking the padlock on the gate, then the one on the front door, before replacing with new ones. The name on the mailbox is also suddenly changed. “The occupants had been sent mail to me for a few days, although they had not yet settled. With this technique, they could certify that they had lived there for several weeks,” says the owner of the premises. .
Bad luck for them, the video finally ended up in the hands of police investigators. What to have to put the word of these squatters in doubt. They were forced to leave rue Pierre Brossolette immediately. “Some have defecated inside for revenge. I agree that the homeless are housed, but it is up to the town hall to find them a roof, not to individuals. I have to renovate this house to put it in. rental, that represents a significant investment “, underlines the owner, 80 years old. “I thank all my neighbors”.