Hic...You're my best mate......

We all know estate agents don't have the best of reputations (sorry guy's - obviously I don't mean yourselves at Moray Property) and stories like the one below from the Mail certainly don't help their cause.

An estate agent went on a rampage in a luxury home his firm was selling while the owner was abroad, a court has heard.

After a heavy drinking session, Joseph Young, 23, collected the keys to the £650,000 house from his office so he and two friends could continue to party.

Once inside, the trainee estate agent and friend Bradley Conway, 23, ripped out door frames and smashed chairs, statues and picture frames. They poured Tipp-Ex fluid over duvets and damaged a vintage car in the garage.

Conway was acting 'like a raging bull', smashing windows and hammering keys on the piano in the house, Guildford Crown Court heard.

He then stole the keys to the owner's Skoda and took it for a drunken joyride with Young. They smashed the car into a tree near the four-bedroom property, writing it off.

The pair, who caused £5,200 worth of damage inside the house in Deepcut, Surrey, were arrested by police soon afterwards.

Yesterday Young pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage but was cleared of stealing the car keys and aggravated vehicle taking. Conway had already admitted all three offences. The pair, both from Frimley, will be sentenced later.

The court heard that Young worked at Vickery & Co estate agents in Frimley, but had handed in his notice shortly before the incident on April 11 last year.

The owner of the house, Anthony Clench, was in Spain when the incident happened.

He told the court it was 'obviously not the happiest occasion' when he returned to find the scene of devastation.

Mr Clench sold the house for £650,000 two months later - All's well that ends well !

Until the next time.

Jackson.