Overview

• The trio remained on council-owned woodland near Jedburgh after being told to leave by midday Monday.
• Officials indicated they will apply to a sheriff for authority to remove the occupants following the missed deadline.
• Sheriff officers last week cleared the group from adjacent private land, after which they re-established a camp over a fence on council property.
• The occupants identify themselves as leader Kofi Offeh, who calls himself King Atehene, his wife Jean Gasho, known as Queen Nandi, and handmaiden Kaura Taylor, known as Asnat.
• The group maintains a prominent social media presence and showed no intention of leaving on Monday, with a member telling reporters the ‘king’ would not speak without gifts.