COP THUGS AND BAILIFF'S EVICT PROTESTERS AT WESTMINSTER DEMO VILLAGE

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A small group of anti-war protesters remained in London's Parliament Square Gardens today after court bailiffs moved in to evict them. Demonstrators in the makeshift camp known as Democracy Village lost a Court of Appeal battle to stay there last week and court officials arrived at 1am to move them on. Maria Gallastegui, from London, said she was one of six protesters still in and around the site. She said: "We are on some scaffolding and we want to stay here as long as possible. We want to be here for the rush hour ideally. "Obviously we will resist but we will be non-violent."

Ms Gallastegui said at least one protester had chained themselves to the scaffolding and another was on top of a lorry containing fencing which was to be put around the square. She said: "The cleaners from the council are here now and they are just ripping up the village." A Metropolitan Police spokesman said today: "Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service are in attendance within the Parliament Square area. They are there in a supporting role to High Court enforcement officers who are currently carrying out an operation to evict those residing on the grassed area of the square. "The role of the police in such circumstances is to be on standby to prevent a breach of the peace and to deal with any crime." He said that no arrests had been made by 3.30am.

Last month, High Court judge Mr Justice Griffith Williams granted orders sought by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, but their enforcement was delayed pending an appeal to Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger, Lady Justice Arden and Lord Justice Stanley Burnton. Counsel Jan Luba QC argued that the mayor had no right to evict the demonstrators because he did not own the land, which belongs to the Queen, and had failed to prove any legal title to it. Even if Mr Johnson could bring the proceedings, a court could not order possession because it would be incompatible with laws relating to rights to free speech and assembly, said counsel. But the mayor's QC, Ashley Underwood, said Parliament Square Gardens was an open space which the public had a right to use and that the judge reached a reasoned decision.

He said there was a pressing social need not to permit an indefinite camped protest on the site for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others to access. A spokeswoman for the Mayor of London said the protest had caused "considerable damage to the site and had prevented its use by others, including lawful protesters". She added: "The square will now be closed temporarily, during which time the site will be restored for the use of Londoners, visitors to the capital and responsible protesters."

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