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Arrest after MySpace house party | Arrest after MySpace house party |
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A 17-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in connection with a house party which left a family home wrecked. | A 17-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in connection with a house party which left a family home wrecked. |
About 200 youngsters damaged Alan and Elaine Bell's home after the party was advertised on the website MySpace. | About 200 youngsters damaged Alan and Elaine Bell's home after the party was advertised on the website MySpace. |
Guests are alleged to have urinated on a wedding dress and stolen jewellery from the house near Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham, on Easter Monday. | |
Durham Police said the girl had been questioned and released on police bail. | Durham Police said the girl had been questioned and released on police bail. |
'Horrible memories' | 'Horrible memories' |
Mr and Mrs Bell returned on Tuesday morning to find a trail of destruction at their £230,000 house in Chipchase Court. | Mr and Mrs Bell returned on Tuesday morning to find a trail of destruction at their £230,000 house in Chipchase Court. |
Mrs Bell, 48, said the couple may have to move out of the house. | Mrs Bell, 48, said the couple may have to move out of the house. |
She said: "It's absolutely unbelievable. It was a house I'd left at 10am on Monday morning in an immaculate state. | She said: "It's absolutely unbelievable. It was a house I'd left at 10am on Monday morning in an immaculate state. |
"It's like a house rape - every single room's trashed. Every carpet is burned, they've been stamping out cigarettes on them. | "It's like a house rape - every single room's trashed. Every carpet is burned, they've been stamping out cigarettes on them. |
"They urinated in the wardrobes, pulled my clothes out of the wardrobes and stubbed cigarettes out on them. The beds are burnt. There's food and messages all over the walls. | "They urinated in the wardrobes, pulled my clothes out of the wardrobes and stubbed cigarettes out on them. The beds are burnt. There's food and messages all over the walls. |
"At this point in time I might not be able to live in the house again - I might have to move because there are so many horrible memories now." | "At this point in time I might not be able to live in the house again - I might have to move because there are so many horrible memories now." |
A Durham Police spokesman said some people had travelled hundreds of miles to be at the party. | A Durham Police spokesman said some people had travelled hundreds of miles to be at the party. |
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