{"id":53499,"date":"2019-03-06T10:09:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=53499"},"modified":"2019-03-06T10:09:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:09:16","slug":"man-imprisoned-digger-rampage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/man-imprisoned-digger-rampage\/53499\/","title":{"rendered":"Man imprisoned for digger rampage on new homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A former plant operator has been sentenced after he used a digger to cause \u00a34m worth of damage to brand new bungalows in Buntingford in a dispute over wages<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53503 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Man-imprisoned-for-digger-rampage-on-new-homes-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Daniel Neagu,\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Man-imprisoned-for-digger-rampage-on-new-homes-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Man-imprisoned-for-digger-rampage-on-new-homes.jpeg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Daniel Neagu, aged 31, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage and appeared before St Albans Crown Court, where he was sentenced to four years imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>The court previously heard that on 11 August 2018 Daniel Neagu used a digger to partly destroy five brand new houses in Royal Gardens, a new housing development off Ermine Street. This also caused extensive damage to the digger, which cost in excess of \u00a350,000.<\/p>\n<p>When residents nearby noticed what was happening they called police, before officers attended and detained Neagu.<\/p>\n<p>The former plant operator had been working at the construction site before he was dismissed alongside several colleagues a few weeks prior to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Neagu, who had experience operating the digger, told officers that the reason he had chosen to destroy the properties was due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/builder-smashes-travelodge\/51381\/\">dispute with his former employer<\/a> over unpaid wages.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Constable Shaun Turner, from the East Herts Local Crime Unit, said: \u201cThree three-bedroom properties and two two-bedroom properties were affected by Neagu\u2019s deliberate act of destruction, with the total cost of the damage estimated to be in the region of \u00a34m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incident had a lasting impact on the local community as a number of the properties were nearing completion and their new owners were weeks away from moving in. 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