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Gatecrashers cause £15,000 damage | Gatecrashers cause £15,000 damage |
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Teenage gatecrashers caused damage valued at £15,000 during a party at a house while the owners were away. | Teenage gatecrashers caused damage valued at £15,000 during a party at a house while the owners were away. |
Police said up to 100 people who were at the party in Harrogate on Friday night wrecked rooms in the property and even damaged a greenhouse and shed. | |
Televisions, DVD players, cash and jewellery were also stolen from the £1m Duchy Road luxury home. | |
Police want to trace those at the party and two men who arrived later and chased the last few stragglers away. | Police want to trace those at the party and two men who arrived later and chased the last few stragglers away. |
Owner Robert Bowles refused to divulge further details about the party, but returned to his home several times on Tuesday, supervising a painter and decorator and cleaners. | |
Asked how his family was coping, he said: "That remains within the four walls of this house." | |
Every room in the house has been damaged in some way - even the garden shed hasn't escaped North Yorkshire Police spokesman | Every room in the house has been damaged in some way - even the garden shed hasn't escaped North Yorkshire Police spokesman |
A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "The couple who own the house and their daughter had gone to London for the weekend. | A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "The couple who own the house and their daughter had gone to London for the weekend. |
"The daughter has allowed two of her friends to use the house. They have invited a few people in but word has got round and gatecrashers have come in and it has all got completely out of hand. | "The daughter has allowed two of her friends to use the house. They have invited a few people in but word has got round and gatecrashers have come in and it has all got completely out of hand. |
"When most of them have finally gone, two men have turned up and threatened the last dozen or so youngsters and chased them out of the house." | "When most of them have finally gone, two men have turned up and threatened the last dozen or so youngsters and chased them out of the house." |
The owners cut short their break after being contacted by police on Friday night and returned to the wrecked house on Saturday. | The owners cut short their break after being contacted by police on Friday night and returned to the wrecked house on Saturday. |
"They have come back to be confronted by a truly awful scene," said the police spokesman. | "They have come back to be confronted by a truly awful scene," said the police spokesman. |
"Every room in the house has been damaged in some way, even the garden shed hasn't escaped." | "Every room in the house has been damaged in some way, even the garden shed hasn't escaped." |
He said officers were attempting to track down everyone who went to the house, but no-one had yet been arrested. |
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