Paul McCartney removed from Google Street View
Paul McCartney removed from Google Street View: Sir Paul McCartney’s London mansion has been blocked from Google Street View after the singer drew security concerns. The former Beatle was said to have been furious after finding users could have an online 360-degree view of his multi-million-pound home in London.
The 66-year-old former Beatle has been especially concerned about his security following the 1980 assassination of his former band mate John Lennon outside Lennon’s New York City home by a stalker.
Another Beatle, George Harrison, was stabbed several times and suffered a punctured lung in a 1999 attack by an intruder at his mansion in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
The house in question is in the rather nice–but difficult to park in– area of St. John’s Wood. McCartney bought it in 1965 for a mere 40,000 pounds and, so legend has it, wrote “Penny Lane” and “Hey Jude” there.
There were complaints by many that is was a breach of privacy and that the UK was turning into a ‘Big Brother state’. There were also fears that it could be used by burglars.
The multi-million dollar home is in St. John’s Wood, North London.
