Image: Hertfordshire Constabulary
A construction worker who destroyed five newly built McCarthy and Stone homes with a digger in a row over wages has been jailed.
Daniel Neagu, 31, of Athelstone Road in Harrow, north west London, admitted criminal damage to the homes in the Royal Gardens development in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, on 11 August.
Daniel Neagu
His actions also caused damage to the machine itself, which cost more than £50,000.
Former plant operator Neagu had been working at the site before he was dismissed alongside several colleagues a few weeks prior to the incident.
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