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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. | 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 entire frontage of the home in Cheltenham collapsed and garden walls were flattened. |
| The attack on the home on Tewkesbury 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. |
| According to the Land Registry, the house is owned by John Connors, who was jailed in 2012 with four other members of his family, after being found guilty of keeping a private workforce. | According to the Land Registry, the house is owned by John Connors, who was jailed in 2012 with four other members of his family, after being found guilty of keeping a private workforce. |
| In 2014 he was ordered to pay just over £300,000 as part of a proceeds of crime hearing. | In 2014 he was ordered to pay just over £300,000 as part of a proceeds of crime hearing. |
| The house was put up for sale earlier this year, but the estate agent dealing with the sale was unable to tell the BBC whether it had yet been sold. | The house was put up for sale earlier this year, but the estate agent dealing with the sale was unable to tell the BBC whether it had yet been sold. |
| Gloucestershire Police said enquiries were ongoing. | Gloucestershire Police said enquiries were ongoing. |
| BBC Radio Gloucestershire reporter David Smith said: "It's quite a sizeable house, a nice house, with gable windows built into the roof. | 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." | "Now the entire ground floor has gone. There is nothing left of it. There is brickwork all over the floor." |