Plant hire boss crushes love rival's car with 13-tonne excavator

When Martyn Wright discovered his girlfriend was having an affair with one of his own employees, the plant hire boss was determined to have his revenge. And with a fleet of heavy machinery at his disposal, the businessman knew just how to strike back.

Yesterday a court heard how Wright crushed love-rival Anthony Simpson's 4X4 with a 13-ton digger after discovering risque text messages from the worker on girlfriend Linda Kirkham's mobile phone.

The father of two walked free from Chesterfield Magistrates' Court in Derbyshire with a 12-month conditional discharge after pleading guilty to criminal damage.



But he was ordered to pay his victim £2,500 compensation after district judge Liz Harte told him she had 'listened carefully to the circumstances in which this offence was committed.'

Speaking outside court, Wright, 30, said: 'Every bloke in the country who has been in the same position as me would cheer what I did'.

He added: 'When I finished I just parked up the digger and went home to wait for the police to arrive. But I've no regrets about what I did - he deserved it.'