A self-proclaimed African tribe have said they are ‘not scared of jail’ after a court ordered them off their woodland encampment.
Kofi Offeh, 36, from Ghana, and Jean Gasho, 43, from Zimbabwe, have been camping in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, since May, along with their 21-year-old American ‘handmaiden’ Kaura Taylor.
But Sheriff Peter Patterson today issued an ‘immediate extraction’ decree against the self-titled Kingdom of Kubala during a six minute hearing at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.
The order demands the group leave the private land, which is behind an industrial estate on the outskirts of the town. Court officers and police are understood to be ready to enforce the order.
Mr Offeh, who calls himself King Atehene, said the trio were ‘not afraid’ of the warrant for their eviction and ‘not scared of jail’.
