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| Web revellers wreck family home | Web revellers wreck family home |
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| About 200 youngsters caused damage put at £20,000 to a family home after a party organised on a website. | About 200 youngsters caused damage put at £20,000 to a family home after a party organised on a website. |
| Police said a teenage girl used the social networking site MySpace to advertise the bash while her parents were away from home on Easter Monday. | Police said a teenage girl used the social networking site MySpace to advertise the bash while her parents were away from home on Easter Monday. |
| A spokesman said some people travelled hundreds of miles to the house in Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham. | A spokesman said some people travelled hundreds of miles to the house in Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham. |
| It is alleged guests urinated on a wedding dress, stole jewellery and swung from light fittings. | It is alleged guests urinated on a wedding dress, stole jewellery and swung from light fittings. |
| 'Out of control' | 'Out of control' |
| Party-goers are also said to have stubbed out cigarettes on the carpet, vomited throughout the house and barricaded the back door to prevent neighbours from intervening. | |
| The 17-year-old's parents returned on Tuesday morning to find the trail of destruction at their £230,000 house in Chipchase Court. | |
| It's absolutely trashed, and I hope no-one else has to go through what me and my wife have these last few days Alan Bell | |
| The sixth former's father, Alan Bell, said he had not seen his daughter since returning to the house. | |
| He said: "It's just something you would never ever imagine would happen to anyone, never mind yourself. | |
| "It's absolutely trashed, and I hope no-one else has to go through what me and my wife have these last few days. | |
| "I only hope that she shows some remorse and goes to see the police about it all." | |
| The couple plan to have their home professionally cleaned. | |
| No arrests | |
| A Durham Police spokesman said: "The girl's parents were away, she invited people around and it spiralled out of her control. | A Durham Police spokesman said: "The girl's parents were away, she invited people around and it spiralled out of her control. |
| "It was a private house party and we've been told it was advertised on MySpace. | "It was a private house party and we've been told it was advertised on MySpace. |
| "We had a large number of complaints from neighbours and at various points we had to intervene." | "We had a large number of complaints from neighbours and at various points we had to intervene." |
| He said no arrests were made on the night, but police were attempting to trace all the party-goers as part of an investigation into allegations of criminal damage. | He said no arrests were made on the night, but police were attempting to trace all the party-goers as part of an investigation into allegations of criminal damage. |