Occupy camp at St. Paul's evicted LONDON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- London police began evicting the Occupy London encampment outside St. Paul's Cathedral early Tuesday. Most of the protesters appeared ready to go quietly, The Guardian reported, but one group used scrap lumber to create a circular barricade. The eviction followed a High Court ruling in favor of the City of London Corp. The court refused to grant a stay to allow protesters to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, and its order took effect at midnight. Bailiffs began by telling those camped on the cathedral grounds they had 5 minutes to take down their tents and gather up their possessions. Police in riot gear were on hand. Occupy London began last fall as Occupy the London Stock Exchange. Because the stock exchange is situated in a development that is private property, protesters set up camp outside St. Paul's. Catherine Brogan, a poet and member of the Occupy movement, told the Guardian many of those in the square were caught by surprise. "This has always been a peaceful process, and it has never looked like turning into anything other than that," she added. There's definitely no Molotov cocktails stashed, it is very timid. I just hope the police respect that, and don't react in the way I've seen them reacting at other times, at other protests.