The Scottish Borders Council has begun fresh legal proceedings to evict members of a self-styled “African tribe” from council-owned land near Jedburgh, after the group quickly relocated their camp just metres away following an earlier removal. The removal was carried out by five sheriff officers supported by four police officers. The group had previously ignored a court order to leave the site by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 15. Sheriff Peter Paterson issued the eviction order at Jedburgh Sheriff Court after landowners David and Mary Palmer sought legal redress, citing trespass. Their activities have already sparked two prior evictions — from a hillside above Jedburgh in July and later from woodland near an industrial estate.