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A builder has destroyed a newly constructed reception at Travelodge Liverpool using a digger, amid an alleged £600 pay dispute.
According to reports the digger crashed through the main entrance of the property, destroying the doors, reception desk and windows. Merseyside Police were called to the property at 3pm yesterday (21 January 2019), and are now investigating the situation.
Ceiling fixer Samuel White told the BBC that the driver was involved in a pay dispute over £600 with contractors at the hotel.
He said: “The handover was today. Everything completed, we’d put the last tile in, cleaned up and made sure everything was perfect. Then some idiot in a mini digger decided to drive through the middle of the building.”
“There were loads of workers outside all gobsmacked, jaws to the floor wondering what’s going on. The site manager was running around like a headless chicken, he wasn’t happy at all.”
Bloody hell this digger driver has just smashed up a Travelodge because he’s not been paid ? pic.twitter.com/FeIEm0Erhw
— Ryan Williams (@razza699) January 21, 2019
