Family of British 'squatters' demand £43,000 to vacate luxury Spanish villa they have occupied for 13 YEARS - as bailiff shouts 'have you no shame?'

By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 12:56, 25 June 2026 | Updated: 12:57, 25 June 2026 A British family are said to have demanded an eyewatering £43,000 to leave the luxury Spanish villa they have allegedly been squatting in for 13 years.  Footage shared by a bailiff in Murcia, southeastern Spain, showed him confronting a group of people he identified as Britons who had allegedly taken over a property.  In the video, which he shared to social media, he brashly said: 'The whole neighbourhood wants you and your parents to f*** off. You’ve been squatting here for 13 years. 13 years, and now you act like you don't speak Spanish, even though you've been squatting in this villa here in Murcia for 13 years.  'So, go ahead and call the police... actually, never mind, the police are coming right now; look, they're heading this way.' Speaking to the camera, he said: 'Here we have a certified letter that this character and his parents sent to my client. They claim that since they’ve been squatting in the house for over 13 years - 13 years! - my client should set a date and time at a notary’s office to put the villa in their names.' He accused the family of demanding €50,000 (£43,000) in exchange for vacating the property.  'It’s unbelievable. After squatting in the house for 13 years, instead of reaching an agreement with my client, they’re telling him to sign the villa over to them because they’ve occupied it for so long and it supposedly belongs to them now', he said.  'These are the kind of shameless people who come to Spain - claiming they’re here to work, but really just coming to squat.'  A British family are said to have demanded an eyewatering £43,000 to leave the luxury Spanish villa they have allegedly been squatting in for 13 years He was seen berating someone who appears to be the family's legal representative The video then shows police officers arriving at the home, having been called by the English family.  The bailiff shows the cops their document, claiming they had the 'nerve' to send his client the letter.  Later, he was seen berating someone who appears to be the family's legal representative.  He forcefully said to the man: 'You ought to be ashamed of yourself as a lawyer... telling a client, sending a formal notice to a client, telling them to put the house in the squatter's name.  'And you’re defending this? Is this justice? Do you consider yourself a defender of justice?'  Last year, a British woman spoke of her dismay about being forced to sell her dream Spanish holiday villa after a squatter moved in and refused to leave. Joanne Venet, 61, said her ordeal began when a tenant refused to pay his €1,400 a month rent for the €450,000 three-bedroom luxury villa near Benidorm earlier this year. Joanne was then faced with Spain's tough tenancy laws which could have seen her spend years and thousands of pounds to evict the tenant, who was a Spanish citizen. In the end the wedding celebrant and actress from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, was forced to pay an eviction agency - or 'de-squatters' - £4,000 to evict the tenant who owed €5,600 (£4,800) for four months unpaid rent and bills. When she finally obtained possession of the property, it was trashed and covered in cocaine and cannabis paraphernalia, and debris. Joanne said the whole ordeal has left her exhausted, unable to work and so traumatised that she is selling up her dream villa which she had successfully rented out for years.   Joanne said: 'We couldn't get him out - we were advised 'you can't even knock on the door'. We couldn't even go and see him unless we had an appointment with him. 'He wouldn't leave - he decided to blackmail us and said "I'm not leaving, I'm going to stay in your house". 'He said "I can stay in here, I can do what I want, I have my rights". 'I'm an actress and I'm a wedding celebrant. I'm normally on social media, I'm normally at wedding fairs. 'The mental strain of it stopped me advertising myself, I've not got enough weddings for next year because I didn't work. 'All that happening in Spain, it makes you feel so down that you can't just get on with normal life, knowing that somebody's living in your house.' No comments have so far been submitted. 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