The case against former Ocean Hotel owner Stephen Purvis, who allegedly failed to keep his property on the Isle of Wight safe, has been thrown out.
Stephen Purvis, 41, of Windlestone, Ferryhill, County Durham, was due to appear before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday) but his case has now been dropped and his costs are being assessed.
Mr Purvis was charged with being a body failing to comply with a Community Protection Notice (CPN) against the Ocean Hotel on Sandown Esplanade.
Up until 31st May this year, Mr Purvis had been a shareholder and director of Phoenix Commercial Property Developments (PCPD) who owned the freehold of the Ocean Hotel.
It was alleged that as of 12th July, no action on the CPN had been completed, started or even attempted.
The Isle of Wight Magistrates Court today (Wednesday) confirmed the case has been discontinued, with Mr Purvis’ costs to be assessed.
A CPN warning was first issued against the Ocean Hotel and its owners on 12th May by Hampshire Constabulary, giving them a month to comply with the warning.
Nothing had happened, so in June the warning turned into an official notice, which, if ignored, would be a criminal offence to breach.
After its deadline in July, Hampshire Constabulary confirmed it was summoning the owners of Ocean Hotel to court to answer the breach.
Mr Purvis had been due in court to hear the charge in September but was not present.
A second date was set for yesterday but the case has been discontinued.
Hampshire Constabulary has been contacted for a comment.
The saga continues…
Derelict wasteland in Sandown for many more years then.. Utter disgrace. Council should be ashamed of themselves.
So what happens now? Surely the poor old, once was Ocean Hotel is not going to be left to rot and be used by the ferral kids to amuse themselves in? Bulldoze it. At least the Police won’t keep being called to remove kids from the property who’s parents let’s them wander the streets at night instead of being at home where they are not being a pain in the arse causing anti-social behaviour.
not allowed to bulldoze it but let the ferral kids have there way and there will be nothing left anyway.
That’s the idea, then build flats.
So…a pointless exercise. Bet those officers who posed outside of it now feel foolish being the faces of the law failing to do its job. A statement for the rest of the island, all appearances no substance.
Someone had been handed a bung.
I would umagine this hotel is due for a serious fire sometime soon and the outcome will be it is a dangerous structure and needs to be flattened so that land owners can build very expensive flats. Or perhaps I am being cynical.
All part of the plan. Get the locals so incensed that they will stupidly think that ‘anything’ is better than putting up with feral kids.
Yet had building permission been applied for PRE years of torment, the locals would have whinged about that
Problem is, the flats which will eventually fill the site may have daily troublesome tenants, not just occasional low life disturbances.
Crime does pay, so what laws do not have to be answered?
The problem as I see it is that our councillors thought they were smarter than a guy who makes his living playing with property.. He simply sold it on and ‘sorted’ the paperwork to look like he didn’t own it at the relevant dates so he cannot be pursued for a building he doesn’t own! It will no doubt return to his company’s stock as and when he buys it back for a dollar or simply buys out the (probably) bogus company that now owns it, for a Dollar. Now you have been shown up, how about taking some genuine and secure steps to get this bag of rocks demolished?
Just for the councils information. from Google A compulsory purchase order (CPO) allows a public authority to acquire land without the consent of the owner. In the context of compulsory purchase, land may include houses or any other buildings as well as the land itself.
It’s a bit like a game of pass the parcel really.