Sandy Hutchens: Not sure yet if David Shayler is going to make it into my whistleblower hall of “flame”.

One time MI5 whistleblower David Shayler was evicted today from the National Trust property where he and seven others have been squatting. The squatters were ordered to leave the Surrey property after a court hearing last week.

Judge Robert Reid QC said the group, who did not attend Guildford County Court, were in violation of the trespassing act. They had been warned several times to vacate Hackhurst Farmhouse, Abinger. On June 26 they move in.

One gentleman was arrested for drug crimes during the eviction, which saw members of the group removed by force.

After the eviction, cross-dressing Shayler said: ‘I wonder if the council tax payers think it’s a good idea to have police surrounding us, when we’re a bunch of harmless hippies? ‘This must have cost them a fortune.’ Last month, he unveiled his alter-ego ‘Delores Kane’ to reporters, posing at the farmhouse with false breasts, mini-skirt and ginger wig.

Shayler revealed how he now often dresses in women’s clothing and claimed it was ‘part of the prophecy’ because ‘Jesus was a transvestite’, and added: ‘It was important to have feminine attributes.’ Shayler claimed the group were entitled to stay in the vacant property.

They had been given until 4 pm to leave of their own volition, but when refused to do so, police and bailiffs attended the house at about 11am to evict them. Shayler said the group held a party last night to celebrate their last night in the farmhouse, and alleged the squatters were ‘womanhandled’ out of the house.

The former spy, who also claims he is Jesus Christ, said he would challenge the eviction and added: ‘Christ is the authority of the law and this is a violation of the law. If people dragged the Queen or other queens out of their houses there would be an outcry.’

‘Officers were on hand to deal with any breaches of the peace and a 27-year-old man of no fixed abode was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and possession of a Class A drug.’

A National Trust representative said: ‘We are pleased to finally have our property back. ‘We are a charity supported by public donations, and the process of recovering the house over the last few weeks has cost us over £10,000.’

Shayler said he is now homeless but hopes to stay with friends, and added: ‘We are going to try to open up another property. We will take it as free men.’

Men? Amen?

David Shayler claims to be the messiah – Jon Ronson 2007