Squatters move in to 7.5m mansion eyed by Johnny Depp and John Terry

  • Luxury property has a 100-yard lake, seven kitchens, 17 bathrooms, 14 reception rooms, ballroom, tennis court, spa, sauna and steam room, and orangery
  • Seven invaders displayed legal notice stating their rights to stay at the home
  • Police say they are powerless to act
  • Squatter's verdict: 'It's a smashing house'

By Tom Gardner

PUBLISHED: 08:56 EST, 4 May 2012 | UPDATED: 09:53 EST, 4 May 2012

Squatters have invaded the 7.5m mansion once sought after by Hollywood movie star Johnny Depp and footballer John Terry.

Police were called the luxury home which comes with two swimming pools, 34-seat cinema and nuclear bunker, after intruders were discovered.

But officers left without making arrests after the group of seven squatters put up a legal notice stating their rights to stay at the ten-bedroom residence called Golden Hill, in Romsey, Hampshire, which is still being built.

Sprawling: Police were called to this 7.5m luxury mansion in Romsey, Hampshire, and discovered squatters had moved in

Sprawling: Police were called to this 7.5m luxury mansion in Romsey, Hampshire, and discovered squatters had moved in

Invaded: Squatters have moved in to this luxury 7.5million home linked to Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and former England football captain John Terry

Invaded: Squatters have moved in to this luxury 7.5million home linked to Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and former England football captain John Terry

Squatter Ian Randall, 38, who moved into the! house w ith common law wife Jade, 24, said: I used no force to enter.

Me, my wife and another person were offered 500 pounds between us to leave quietly. The place was unsecured and unlocked and there is no damage to the property.

It is a smashing house. We just camped out in the room, played cards in our sleeping bags and had a few sandwiches.

Take notice: The squatters have refused the leave the property - despite claiming to have been offered 500 to get out

Take notice: The squatters have refused the leave the property - despite claiming to have been offered 500 to get out

We stayed there because our friends were squatting and they phoned us offering a place because we are homeless.

The police came but left in the morning. They said there was nothing they could do because it was a civil matter.

Pirates of the Caribbean actor Depp, 48, and Chelsea captain Terry, 31, have both shown an interest in buying the property.

The 22,000sq ft property has a 100-yard lake, seven kitchens, 17 bathrooms, 14 reception rooms, ballroom, tennis court, spa, sauna and steam room, and orangery.

It also comes with a 225-yard par three golf hole, gym, billiards room, bespoke bar, panic room with bank vault doors and an underground tunnel.

The squatters had taped up legal warning posters around the house referring to Section 6 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.

It read: We live in this property, it is our home and we intend to stay here. If you attempt to enter by violence or by threatening violence we will prosecute you.

A & B Homes, who own the mansion, said: The squatters claims are wrong and force had been used to enter the property.

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Chelsea's John Terry celebrates after scoring against Queens Park Rangers during their English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London

Sought after: Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp, left, and Chelsea's John Terry, right, have both been linked to the house in Hampshire which has now been occupied by squatters

'Unsecured': The squatters claim the house was unlocked and they did not do any damage to the property before while entering

'Unsecured': The squatters claim the house was unlocked and they did not do any damage to the property before while entering

Desirable: The 7.5million house features a 100-yard lake, seven kitchens, 17 bathrooms, 14 reception rooms, ballroom, tennis court, spa, sauna and steam room, and orangery.

Desirable: The 7.5million house features a 100-yard lake, seven kitchens, 17 bathrooms, 14 reception rooms, ballroom, tennis court, spa, sauna and steam room, and orangery.

Well equipped: The stunning 22,000sq ft property, which is still under construction, has seven kitchens and a nuclear bunker

Well equipped: The stunning 22,000sq ft property, which is still under construction, has seven kitchens and a nuclear bunker

Film s tar Depp was spotted in the sleepy market town near Southampton, coming out of the house gates in a car in January by a shopkeeper.

England ace Terry has also looked at snapping up the property but decided not to purchase it after realising it was too far away from Chelseas training ground in Cobham, Surrey.

A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: We liaised with the owners at the site and provided them with advice.

It has been closed as far as we are concerned, there does not appear to have been criminal offences committed.

Officers had found damage to the entrance gates to the property, but we are not in a position to arrest or charge anyone as we have been unable to obtain evidence of who caused the damage.


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