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By James Peters

Unwanted Improvements

Man cleaning up neglected Gold Bridge-area property was actually breaking and entering: RCMP

Aug 19, 2021 | 10:43 AM

LILLOOET, B.C. — RCMP in Lillooet are reporting an incident many property owners would consider a positive situation, even when one did not.

According to a news release, it happened at a property on Gun Lake near Gold Bridge last Wednesday (Aug. 11). A local man who was keeping an eye on his neighbour’s property discovered a strange man on site “who stated that he was intending to fix up the place” after a period of neglect. The property’s owner had not been back in several years.

The witness noted the grass had been mowed, the gravel had been groomed and there was a can of stain on the deck.

Inside the home, nothing had been disturbed or stolen.

The strange man said he had not been in contact with the property’s owner, but intended to ask him if he could stay and fix the place up.

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For his part, the owner said he didn’t know the man and didn’t want him on the property.

Attending RCMP officers told the man he should leave as, despite his intentions, he was breaking and entering.

The owner told police he did not want the man to be charged.