Criminal tycoon’s son in row over extension at £1m Chelsea flat – after claim he hired ‘ARMED THUGS’ to burgle property | BCX10R1 | 2024-02-17 06:08:01
Criminal tycoon's son in row over extension at £1m Chelsea flat – after claim he hired 'ARMED THUGS' to burgle property | BCX10R1 | 2024-02-17 06:08:01
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A CRIMINAL tycoon's son is at the centre of a nasty row over claims he hired "armed thugs" to "burgle" a £1million Chelsea flat.
Nicholas Van Hoogstraten's son is embroiled in a bitter dispute over a loft extension on the posh London pad, in Finborough Road.
London's High Court has heard the Van Hoogstraten household company used "armed thugs" to trespass onto Maria El Massouri's property.
The battle has arisen because of the Van Hoogstraten family firm – Omani Estates Limited – owned by eldest son Max Hamilton – claiming they own Mrs Massouri's loft conversion.
Mrs Massouri alleged Omani Estates Ltd have "repeatedly arranged for agents to burgle her flat, eradicating its front door and later for armed thugs to smash safety cameras from its walls", the courtroom heard.
The resident has now sued the Van Hoogstraten firm for damages, and a confirmation she owns the loft room by way of antagonistic possession – more commonly referred to as "squatter's rights".
Omani Estates Ltd denied all wrongdoing and claimed Mrs Massouri is the "trespasser" and they're counterclaiming for proof they own the area.
While they admit to the scaffolding, eradicating a door and erecting a picket barrier throughout the stairs – they deny utilizing "thugs" to break in.
FAMILY RUN BUSINESS
Omani Estates Ltd is run by 4 of Nicholas Adolf von Hessen's youngsters.
Britannia Hamilton, 33, Richmond Hamilton, 33, Alexander Hamilton, 36, and oldest son Max Hamilton, 38.
Their father was an infamous property tycoon who amassed a internet value of around £800million within the early 2000s.
He turned notorious for his poor remedy of tenants and has been locked up behind bars prior to now.
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> In his previous dealings with the regulation, a decide once described Nicholas as a "self-imagined satan" who views himself as "an emissary of Beelzebub".
<!--googleoff: all--> <blockquote class="article__quote"> </blockquote> <!--googleon: all--> The felony was caged in 2002 for manslaughter after his former business companion Mohammed Raja was shot and stabbed to dying on his doorstep in 1999.
Nevertheless, the Courtroom of Attraction overturned the conviction a yr later and he walked free.
Mr Raja's family then sued in civil courtroom and von Hessen was pressured to pay them £6million.
He also served time for paying a gang to throw a grenade into the Brighton house of Rabbi Bernard Braunstein because his son owed him money.
EXTENSION ROW
The extension was truly completed in 2002 when Mrs Massouri was granted planning permission, the courtroom heard.
</div> </div> Mrs Massouri and her late husband later discovered there could also be one other lease proprietor on the area they constructed into.
Nevertheless, when the couple attempted to make contact, they thought the thriller proprietor "might not exist" as it was unimaginable to track anybody down, argued Mrs Massouri's lawyer Hugh Jackson.
This led the home-owner to use for squatter's rights over the extension in 2020.
Omani Estates Ltd then made a "grievance" for the primary time in 18 years and accused Mrs Massouri of trespassing.
They declare the company bought the lease in 1996.
<!--googleoff: all--> <blockquote class="article__quote"> </blockquote> <!--googleon: all--> Mr Jackson advised the courtroom: "It turned needed for Ms Massouri to hunt, ex parte, an injunction to restrain Omani Estates Ltd after the company repeatedly organized for brokers to burgle her flat, removing its entrance door and later for armed thugs to smash security cameras from its walls.
"Later still, the defendant had arranged for contractors to erect scaffolding to the rear of the constructing on prime of the rear extension forming a part of the backyard flat, and to enter the mansard lodging, breaking the balusters within the stairs to the mansard and installing a horizontal partition on blocks, separating the mansard from the half initially leased to the claimant and her late husband."
COUNTERCLAIM
While Mrs Massouri is preventing for an order stating she owns the loft area, Max Hamilton argues she doesn't.
He advised the decide he never ordered anyone to "burgle" the property.
Mr Jackson requested Mr Hamilton how workmen had not trespassed in an effort to install the picket "horizontal partition with blocks supporting it on the steps".
"They have been instructed to not enter Ms Massouri's property," Mr Hamilton replied.
<!--googleoff: all--> <blockquote class="article__quote"> </blockquote> <!--googleon: all--> Mr Jackson advised he courtroom how Mr Hamilton's father had been recognized to drive out tenants by removing their stairs.
The lawyer also spoke of Von Hessen's alleged derogatory comments in the direction of tenants – who he referred to as "scumbags".
He also introduced a letter to the courtroom written by Omani Estates Ltd co-director Alexander through which Mrs Massouri was known as "a fraudster".
When asked if he agreed, Mr Hamilton stated: "The fact that she has prolonged past the demise, when you don't own one thing, would you construct into an area that was not part of your lease?"
'UNLAWFUL'
Omani Estates Ltd still argue Mrs Massouri's extension is "unlawful" and she or he has "no legal property or curiosity in the roof space".
The company added it was essential to remove her door because she was a trespasser.
In a press release they declare: "The door was removed from its hinges by third celebration contractors, but the door was not broken or faraway from the property.
"It is admitted that the partition was erected by the defendant's third get together contractors.
"The scaffolding was erected solely upon areas included inside the defendant's demise.
"The third celebration contractors have been expressly instructed not to enter the premises demised by the second flooring flat lease.
"To the extent that it's alleged, it's denied that the defendant and/or its brokers attended the property and/or instructed any third celebration to take action on their behalf.
"The defendant has a right to possession of the extension in so far as it is located within the roof space.
"The claimant occupies the trespass land with out the defendant's licence or consent."
Decide Caddick is about to deliver his verdict at a later date.
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