Man rammed brother's cars into family home

SIBLING HELD TO BLAME FOR BUSINESS TROUBLES

- By GAVIN HAVERY

A BITTER business fallout culminated in a man using his own work van to ram his brother's vehicles into his family home, a court heard.

Drug-addled Luke Dawson turned up at Selby Grove in Hartlepool on the evening of February 27 and smashed into his brother’s commercial van and his partner's car. He reversed with such force they were pushed through the living room window causing thousands of pounds worth of damage and leaving both vehicles written off.

Teesside Crown Court heard the brothers’ relationship was ‘volatile’ but worsened in 2017 when Dawson’s brother started his own company. He had previously worked for Dawson's Hartlepool-based firm.

The court was told Dawson, 37, of The Ashes, Seaton Carew, blamed his brother for his business woes.