Compensation | Digger driver destroys hotel over £600 alleged to be missing from pay check

A digger driver is under police investigation after he destroyed a newly built hotel reception, allegedly because of a dispute over wages.

The Sun reports that the man, believed to be called David, went on his rampage after noticing £600 was missing from his pay check after completing the Travelodge in Liverpool.

In a video of the incident, colleagues can be seen pulling each other out of the way of danger as the digger spins around inside the reception. “All you had to do was pay him!” shouts another as the digger sits in the carnage.

Don't think anyone will be staying at the Travelodge on Edge Lane anytime soon... pic.twitter.com/wzXPBlXgSo

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