bill cobbett wrote:Mediterranean Nightmares
For those who missed it a report from your roving reporter,.....
The prog started by describing a situation which might .."ruin them (the Harems) and many thousands like them .."
Mrs O recounted that they " ..came on holiday, ..loved it (CY), so laid back and relaxed"...
They "bought" the land and spent £80,000 doing it up.
Two years later they got the Nicosia Court summons from Mr A.
Time and time again Mrs O tried to convince viewers that they ..." acted in good faith"... time and time again she used this phrase. Time and time again the Os see the problem as a ..."political".. one
The prog reckons that there are 6,000 Brits in similar situation.
The prog then moved to an interview with grissy lady Mrs Rita Severis who went with the reporter to see her stolen land only to find that within the past year several villas had been constructed on her land. Mrs Severis nearly breaks down.
Hen Smith, a GB lawyer in CY is interviewed and describes investing in tnuc-land as ...." some of the world's riskiest property".... that could make life for those who take the risk as ..."pretty miserable"...
Mike Nicholson the reported (this chap covered the 1974 invasion by the way) describes a situation in the Ocupied North where..." rules and regulations are overlooked"...
The Prog interviwed Mr Candounas who tells us that they all knew what they were doing was risky, that they knew they were "buying" stolen land and thare may be a price to pay.
The prog interviews Tahir Sukhan, a dodgy developer. It showed him in 2005 saying that investing in stolen land carried ..." no risk whatsoever"... . The pro shows his project to build 300 villas has been abandoned unfinished.
Simon Bahcelli is interviewed and tells us that in recent months..."building has come to a standstill.
Another Land Grabber, Mrs Marion Stokes is interviewed. Her new dream home is at a standstill following dispute with builder. She tells us she risks losing all. She didn't look too happy and tells us that all are looking to the Harem's case to get them out of the brown and smelly.
Near the end Bahcelli tells us that knowingly the Brits, the developers and the Illegal Regime conspired to create the situation.
More at http:// www.itv.com/tonight
All in all I'd give it a
I've just got a call from the UK giving me the "skinny" on the program, which backs your reporting, so thank you Bill.!