01/09/2017 London News

from captain Steve Davis sealing a 3-0 victory, leaving them second in

their group. Good evening and welcome to BBC

London news with me Louisa Preston. First tonight, an exclusive report

on the million pound luxury river Families invested in the houseboats

on the River Thames in Hampton, only to find out after they bought

them that they were worthless, as they didn't have planning

permission or mooring rights. Today, the High Court ruled

that the developer had misrepresented the rights

to live onboard, and ruled This is how it was sold -

a luxury lifestyle on board designer houseboats on the Thames

near Hampton Court. Because there was no planning

permission for anyone Now, following a civil court case,

the developer behind this Even though, as he has

made perfectly clear, This is Myck Djurberg,

a developer who promised to make dreams come true

but left his customers Let's start with Jennifer Small

and her family who sold their five bedroomed home to buy a houseboat

at Hampton Riviera because they We were really excited to be

involved in the development Estate agent's details

described a stunning home. But soon after they moved in,

the Smalls discovered there was no planning permission for residential

development at all. And if they stayed on, they would be

living there unlawfully. When we first met the Smalls,

they had had to move into a rented home, but right next door

to the boat yard so they could keep an eye on their

expensive investment. The closest they could get

to it was to peek over That is our house that we built

that we cannot live in any more. These people have had

their lives destroyed When these properties were sold,

people were not aware of the fact that they had no legal rights

to live within them. There was no legal residential

planning permission granted. Vivian and Simon Keatey won't get

any money back because they were not involved in the civil case

but they also bought a house Again, a few months after moving in,

found out it had no They have now had to move it nine

miles upriver to find land where they can moor and that has

cost them a further ?360,000. It is really only when we got

away from it, from that poisonous atmosphere,

that you realise what The Smalls have now moved

their houseboat away from Hampton Riviera

but it is not a solution. This is it, we cannot live on it

here because there is no Their house boat is so large,

a place to moor where they can live on board may cost them

at least ?500,000. Would you like to

apologise to anyone? Throughout this civil

case in the High Court, Would you like to apologise

to anyone you misled? ..Seen here in an orange jumper,

maintained he had done nothing wrong and claimed there were historic

rights to live at the marina. Now he will have to repay

approaching ?2 million. A man's been jailed for trying

to rob West Ham footballer Andy Carroll as he drove

home from training. Jack O'Brien was sentenced to 11

years for multiple offences, which included an attempt to take

the footballer's watch while he was waiting

at traffic lights in his jeep. The pair were then involved

in a high speed chase A man from Surrey who claims

he was wrongly jailed for mailbag theft in the 1970s has had his case

referred to the Court Stephen Simmons spent seven months

imprisoned for the crime but a chance internet search 40

years later revealed that the officer who'd arrested him,

had a disturbing history. First shame, then jail

and finally now, vindication. Why were three men wrongly jailed

for a train robbery and why has it taken one of them,

this man, 40 years The whole thing is a complete

fabrication, it's all full of lies. In his home in Dorking,

Stephen Simmons still has the original police witness

statements from his trial back in 1976, when he was convicted

of stealing Royal Mail bags He was in the wrong

place at the wrong time. He says simply rounded up

by the arresting officer, one DC Derek Ridgewell,

who himself was to Ridgewell grabbed my head and pushed

my head onto the roof of the car. And said, you are under arrest

for the theft of Royal Mail bags. We were thinking, where would

you get Royal Mail bags from? We were nowhere near a station

or a van, somewhere you can It was only when he recently

searched Ridgewell's name on the Internet that he found out

that the officer himself had been jailed shortly

after for mailbag theft. Now he is appealing for his

conviction to be quashed and is, for the first time in 40 years,

speaking about his ordeal. I told them two days ago,

for the first time. And they were upset

that I never told them. They said, whatever made you think

we wouldn't believe you. But I just have this feeling,

like this interview, are you sitting there thinking,

yeah, there's more to this. That's it for now from me,

but let's find out what the weekend Not doing too badly, we got to 22

degrees today and we have more of the same coming up tomorrow. But

before we get there tonight, some storms across south-east England,

running into Hertfordshire at the moment, heading south-east, so we

might get the odd crack of thunder and lightning overnight in

Hertfordshire and Essex overnight before clear skies follow.

Temperatures down at 11 or 12 in the towns and cities and cooler in the

countryside. Cooler in the air on Saturday lunchtime, but that

September sunshine were quickly warm things up. A bit of cloud bubbling

up in the afternoon. The vast majority of us will have a dry day.

Tiny chance of a shower with temperatures of 22. Not a bad day.

Decent start to the weekend. Sunday, slight differences with the weather.

Weather front is coming our way. It'll be a dry and bright start with

some sunshine but the cloud will thicken up and we will see some

sunshine in the afternoon arriving in London through the evening.

sunshine in the afternoon arriving in London through the evening.

For many of us the first day of September has been financed right.

We have had some heavy showers and thunderstorms across parts of

eastern England. Further west it's been a quieter picture. Here's the

scene as the sunset in Devon, clear skies there and with clear skies

across many parts of the country it skies there and with clear skies

will be quite a fresh start to the weekend. Saturday bringing us lots

of sunshine, turning a bit more soggy on Sunday. A few heavy showers

for the likes of Cambridge are down to Kent. Most of them easing away

overnight. We have clear skies and light wind. Likely to be some mist

and fog patches first thing. Temperatures just about scraping

double figures for the towns and cities, but in more rural spots it's

more single figures widely, and they could even be a touch of ground

frost across some parts in the north, some Kodjia areas seeing a

cold start to the