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Cheltenham house deliberately smashed with lorry | Cheltenham house deliberately smashed with lorry |
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A lorry was used to deliberately destroy the front of a vacant detached house in Gloucestershire. | |
The entire frontage of the home in Cheltenham collapsed and garden walls were flattened. | |
The attack on the home on Tewksbury Road took place early on Wednesday evening. | The attack on the home on Tewksbury Road took place early on Wednesday evening. |
A lorry, thought to be the one used, was later found burnt out in a field off nearby Withybridge Lane, Gloucestershire Police said. | A lorry, thought to be the one used, was later found burnt out in a field off nearby Withybridge Lane, Gloucestershire Police said. |
The force added its enquiries were ongoing. | |
At the scene, BBC Radio Gloucestershire reporter David Smith said: "It's quite a sizeable house, a nice house, with gable windows built into the roof. | |
"Now the entire ground floor has gone. There is nothing left of it. There is brickwork all over the floor." |