A car park owner took revenge on a group of travellers. (Image: Solent News) The owner of a beachfront car park has taken brilliant revenge on a group of travellers. Travellers pitched up their motorhomes a few weeks ago at Bembridge Point on the east side of the Isle of Wight .
Malcolm Thorpe decided to take action and “trapped” them by blocking their exit with 3ft high concrete bollards. He told the group they must pay an undisclosed fee before they can leave following their “mistreatment” of the area. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.
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READ MORE Spanish island in chaos as hundreds of cancelled flights and travellers stranded [LATEST] The travellers are on Bembridge Point in Isle of Wight. (Image: Getty) The travellers said they have been coming to Bembridge Point for years and have always been respectful. They are yet to respond to the car park owner’s offer.
In April, the occupants were first asked to move their vans to one half of the car park, as the other is designated a village green. The bollards were put in place to separate the two sides. Bembridge Harbour Authority, which owns the car park, said that the blocks were “unlawfully” moved a few days later and the travellers reparked in their vans in their original spaces.
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You can unsubscribe at any time. Read our Privacy Policy On July 22, they were given letters saying that the car park was being blocked off and that the remaining vehicles would be charged a removal fee. Two days later, the bollards were put in place.
Ms Amos argued that this was not enough notice and they should have been given a formal eviction notice with a seven-day warning. She is being allowed to leave because she has worked on the mainland but wishes she could stay. “You can't just entrap people.
We can walk out but these vans are our homes, our lives. I wish I didn't have to leave. If I didn't have that opportunity [on the mainland], I would stay.
At the end of the day, it is their choice.” Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said the issue is a civil matter and the Isle of Wight Council said it was private land, out of their jurisdiction..
