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'Biggest Slum in Britain'- Owned by a KILLER:

Furious locals say abandoned £41m newbuild palace owned by millionaire friend of Robert Mugabe has become 'Death Trap Drug Den' after he left it to rot in Sussex field

Locals in Uckfield want their council to probe Nicholas van Hoogstraten's Hamilton Palace. The businessmans'shalf-built home has now been nicknamed the 'Ghost House of Sussex' by neighbours

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He has been dubbed 'one of Britains' worst landlords' for his treatment of tenants - but now millionaire Nicholas van Hoogstraten has come under fire from neighbours for leaving his £41m mansion to rot for nearly four decades.

Hoogstraten's grandiose Hamilton Palace, has been branded the 'biggest slum in Britain' by furious locals near Uckfield, East Sussex, after being left to wrack and ruin.


Residents also claim the 'death trap' property, hidden away behind rows of lush trees and resplendent greenery has become a magnet for anti-social behaviour and drug taking and they are now urging the local council to investigate.

Van Hoogstraten, who recently changed his surname to von Hessen, has been building the palatial property - larger than Buckingham Palace - since 1985.





TYRANT Robert Mugabe

However, it is understood he now lives full time on a sprawling estate in Zimbabwe which he purchased aged 19 in 1964 and was a close associate of former president Robert Mugabe.



When MailOnline visited the Sussex property this week, photos and video show it in a dilapidated state, with the property covered still covered in aging, rusting scaffolding with building materials dumped on the ground.

One local said: 'The place is an eyesore and a wreck and it has blighted this area for as along as I can remember.

'But now it has started attracting youths who break into the estate to consume drugs and alcohol.

'The buildings look highly dangerous and I think it's only a matter of time before someone is injured or worse on the estate.'

A concerned mother said: 'The site is not secure. Fencing is always being ripped down and youths get onto the land and head to the house.

'During the warmer months there are always youths hanging around with bottles of cider and beer smoking marijuana. The place has become a magnet for kids with nothing better to do.'

She said: 'It is high time the local authority did some checks on the property to ascertain its security and safety because youths who get in there could be killed.'





Another Uckfield resident said: 'It must be the biggest slum in Britain which is ironic given that is how Hoogstraten started out.




Nicholas Van Hoogstraten: Millionaire Killer






Nicholas van Hoogstraten is a millionaire businessman whose ruthless exploits mean that his name is rarely out of the headlines. Most recently, and most shockingly, he has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a business associate who was shot in the head at point blank range.

With a string of wicked deeds behind him, the tycoon has been branded "an emissary of Beelzebub." A book reveals the truth behind this evil man. The authors have had many interviews and meetings with the man himself and unearth the inside stories on his life, his women, his business dealings, and what exactly made one man so utterly dangerous.





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Nicholas Adolf Von Hessen, formerly Van Hoogstraten


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76 child asylum seekers disappeared after arriving in the UK

137 unaccompanied youngsters had been reported missing. Of those, 60 have been found but 76 have not.


Hoogstraten, 77, was convicted of manslaughter over the 1999 death of Mohammed Raja and jailed for 10 years. The verdict was quashed on appeal.




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Nicholas Van Hoogstraten (Documentary)