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Anti-gentrification activists gatecrash tycoon’s shindig

ACTIVISTS from gentrification-hit Brixton crashed an online party on Saturday hosted by a US property mogul responsible for the evictions of traders in the area. 

Taylor McWilliams heads Hondo Enterprises, a property investment company that owns the lease to two markets in the south London district.

The landlord has issued grocery store Nour Cash & Carry an eviction notice for July which locals have been bitterly fighting against.

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