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Evicted North Vancouver hostel owner charged with break and enter after trying to move back in

Click to play video: 'Rogue North Vancouver townhouse owner Emily Yu re-appears'
Rogue North Vancouver townhouse owner Emily Yu re-appears
Just when residents of a North Vancouver townhouse complex thought their years-long battle with a rogue owner had come to an end, it would appear she's back. John Hua has the latest bizarre chapter in the battle over an illegal hostel – Apr 16, 2021

The former owner of an illegal hostel in North Vancouver has now been charged with break-and-enter after trying to apparently move back into the property last weekend.

Emily Yu, who was evicted and forced to sell her home after a multi-year court battle with her former strata, arrived with moving trucks and tried to move back into the townhouse on April 10, neighbours told Global News.

Yu faces a separate criminal charge from last November for disobeying a court order for allegedly refusing access to the property to a bailiff, a realtor and a potential buyer.

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Click to play video: 'Emily Yu arrested at North Vancouver townhome'
Emily Yu arrested at North Vancouver townhome

Yu was evicted from the property in December. In February, the B.C. Supreme Court approved the sale of the townhouse after a four-year legal dispute over Yu converting the property to a 15-bed hostel.

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The new owners have taken possession, but haven’t moved in as they prepare the property for renovations.

In a previous statement, Yu denied the townhouse was no longer her property.

“It is my resident (sic) now. Except, due to property title fraud, the property title fraudulently changes to a third party without my consent,” she claimed.

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Yu also denied she was at the property on April 10.

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-with files from Simon Little

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