A builder who shouted 'whoop whoop' as he filmed himself destroying five newly-built retirement bungalows - worth up to £475,000 each - with a digger in a row over unpaid wages has been jailed for four yearshttps://t.co/5vepQbYhw4pic.twitter.com/HuObComkHR
Neagu told police that his company, Danny Boy Limited, was owed money in unpaid wages by a subcontractor firm, Fentons.
The BBC reported that Fentons had withheld the money because one of its vehicles was found to be in Neagu's native Romania. He said he would return it when he was paid.
The houses had to be completely rebuilt by McCarthy and Stone Retirement Living.
The cost of the destruction, in excess of £850,000, did not include rebuilding the houses, as insurers covered the cost.
Neagu's lawyer, Andrew Campbell said his client was "provoked" and called a "midget and a gypsy" by people he confronted about payment, ITV reported.
He added: "He had carried out these actions as a public demonstration that he had not been paid. There's a strange sort of logic in it, but there's a logic in it."
