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[zan]

13 October 2008

A Briton who purchased an off-plan house in Cyprus is currently camped outside the Cyprus High Commission in London in an indefinite protest after the property was resold “unlawfully” without his consent, or reimbursement.

For the past seventy nights Conor O’Dwyer has been ‘Sleeping Rough for Justice’ outside the Cypriot High Commission in objection to the fact that no charges relating to the unlawful reselling of his house have been yet made against the developers and lawyers involved.

The property developer in Paralimini sold a plot of land designated for the construction of a 4-bedroom house to O’Dweyer in 2005 for £163,000 and then resold it to another buyer.

O’Dwyer has allegedly been twice assaulted by the developer, once in 2006 and again in January 2008, sustaining a series of head injuries and spending time in hospital.

Although O’Dwyer’s case has been well documented in the Cypriot press, nothing has been done about it to date.

O'Dwyer says "420 days ago the Minister of the Interior told the TV News in Cyprus “An investigating officer has already been appointed. However, our money remains in the developer’s bank, our name is in the lands registry and someone else is living in our house, this investigation does not need Sherlock Holmes. It's no longer a question of is there corruption in Cyprus? It's a case of how high does the corruption go?”

“Crooked developers and lawyers in Cyprus act with impunity. My developer has kept all our money and managed to unlawfully sell our house to another family. The developers have assaulted me twice; my 2006 assault is now on YouTube and on its way to the European Court of Human Rights. The Cypriot authorities dropped it before I went to court. I was assaulted again in January 2008 and spent six days in hospital, I now see that case with its delays going the same way.” said O’Dwyer.

Homes Overseas contacted the Cypriot High Commission this morning and spoke to the Deputy High Commissioner, Dimitris Hatziarqyou, who said that the case of Mr O'Dwyer was “extremely embarrassing.”

He added: “It seems that O'Dwyer signed contracts to purchase the home and has indeed been registered as the owner with the Cypriot land registry. However, following a dispute with the developers, the home was subsequently sold on to another British family.

“We have heard conflicting reports from both parties relating to the ownership of the house, and it’s a matter of justice taking its course. It’s rare that unfortunate situations like this surface in Cyprus, however, we want to reassure the thousands of Britons buying property in Cyprus, that justice will prevail.

“We are also aware that O'Dwyer was seriously assaulted and we have helped to push forward his case to 9 January 2009 and can reassure Mr O'Dwyer that the offenders, if found guilty, will be jailed.”

Details of his family’s plight and the protest can be found on his websites www.lyingbuilder.com and www.shameoncyprus.com.

[roseandchan]

hi zan
nice to see you back!

this stuff has had a thread here before. personally from what i understood this guy has broken his legal contract so there wont be much help for him. he should have played it by the book. i don't think that there was much sympathy for him here either. fiesty was about the only one who fell for his bullshit. the only side of the story he tells is always one way, his way!

[DT.]

We've been hearing about this case for the last couple of years. If you dig it up you will also find Connors posts on this forum in the general pages. Out of so many transactions every month in Cyprus you've managed to find the one where an alleged crooked developer has scammed a Brit then I think this shows that Cyprus is a reliable place for an investment.

I suggest you go the cyprus 44 forum and have a peak at the 100's of Brits that are complaining about bad legal advise from tc lawyers and how in the event of a solution they are all going to get screwed.

Well done once again Zan. You've managed to dig up one case of an individual complaining about his property in Cyprus. You've once again proved your point.

[roseandchan]

dt, most of these complaining brits left there heads in the uk before purchasing in the north.
they expected the lawyers to do and be the same as in the uk. this is not the case here in the north.

i agree that some were caught up in the arga saga with the infamous gary robb. but others were just not thinking!

would you buy a house without water and electric connected? i wouldn't like most people but lots in the north did.
would you buy a house without title deeds or planning permission? No.

i have a very good lawyer here in the north. i also have a good lawyer in the uk. they are different but thats how it is.
the uk one just gets on with it and the cypriot one needs instructing.

[Get Real!]

A Briton who purchased an off-plan house in Cyprus is currently camped outside the Cyprus High Commission in London in an indefinite protest after the property was resold “unlawfully” without his consent, or reimbursement.

What has this story got to do with the CyProb?

[zan]

We've been hearing about this case for the last couple of years. If you dig it up you will also find Connors posts on this forum in the general pages. Out of so many transactions every month in Cyprus you've managed to find the one where an alleged crooked developer has scammed a Brit then I think this shows that Cyprus is a reliable place for an investment.

I suggest you go the cyprus 44 forum and have a peak at the 100's of Brits that are complaining about bad legal advise from tc lawyers and how in the event of a solution they are all going to get screwed.

Well done once again Zan. You've managed to dig up one case of an individual complaining about his property in Cyprus. You've once again proved your point.

I take it then that you will not be taking part in such stories about the TRNC in future as you have raised the bar a little in your own contributions......If that is the case then I have done what I sert out to achieve.....One less soul for the furnace....Bravo me!!!!


GR Seems to need more work though......

[DT.]

We've been hearing about this case for the last couple of years. If you dig it up you will also find Connors posts on this forum in the general pages. Out of so many transactions every month in Cyprus you've managed to find the one where an alleged crooked developer has scammed a Brit then I think this shows that Cyprus is a reliable place for an investment.

I suggest you go the cyprus 44 forum and have a peak at the 100's of Brits that are complaining about bad legal advise from tc lawyers and how in the event of a solution they are all going to get screwed.

Well done once again Zan. You've managed to dig up one case of an individual complaining about his property in Cyprus. You've once again proved your point.

I take it then that you will not be taking part in such stories about the TRNC in future as you have raised the bar a little in your own contributions......If that is the case then I have done what I sert out to achieve.....One less soul for the furnace....Bravo me!!!!


GR Seems to need more work though......

best I can compare you with these days Zanny is a teenagers penis....provides a quick source of amusement every now and then.