A BANKRUPT businessman who caused £255,000 worth of damage when he hired a JCB to destroy his former home has been jailed for two and a half years.Christopher McGowan, 50, hired the digger from a nearby construction firm to destroy the detached house near Truro after a property deal went sour.Sentencing him on Monday at Truro Crown Court, Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, described McGowan's actions as "spiteful" and "malicious".He said: "This case concerns...
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