Unauthorised occupants pitch tents on Alexandra Park field in Portsmouth parking vehicles nearby
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Council officials have ordered a group of unauthorised campers who pitched tents in the middle of a park to leave the scene.
The individuals have set up in the middle of Alexandra Park in Hilsea, A total of five tents have been set up, with various vehicles nearby. Police said they first received reports of the camp yesterday (August 7) at 6.40pm.
Local authority personnel said in a letter the group and their vehicles should move on from Alexandra Park, Twyford Avenue and Northern Parade. The order has been made under Section 77 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which directs unauthorised campers to leave the land.
They said: “The land is being occupied without the consent of the owner and in accordance of Section 77 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 hereby directs you to leave the land forthwith and remove all vehicles and any other property you may have with you on the land.
“If you fail to comply as soon as practicable, or if you enter the land again with a vehicle within a period of three months, beginning of the day on which this direction is given, then you may be committing an offence and are liable to be prosecuted.” A Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesman said officers are currently liaising with the landowners.