article said:Footage of the incident has gone viral on social media but many have sympathised with the construction worker after posts alleged that he was owed £600 in unpaid wages for work on the site.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hundreds-pounds-raised-digger-driver-15712462
This is hilarious. That will teach them not to pay their contractors.
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Triton Construction, the principal contractor working on the project, issued the following statement: "It is our understanding that one of the labourers, working for MF Construction (who were employed as the groundwork's sub-contractor for the project) had been waiting for his Manager to arrive with his wages, which he told other workers on site were overdue.
"It is alleged that the labourer couldn't track down the owner of MF Construction and he became increasingly frustrated.
"At approximately 3.00pm, the labourer took it upon himself to drive a small mini excavator through the front entrance screen of the hotel and subsequently causing damage to finishes within the reception area."
The statement continued: "The labourer then ran from the scene and to our knowledge is being pursued by the Police.
The footage of the incident, which has since gone viral, shows the irate worker using the digger to smash up the front of the hotel, tearing down the ceiling and smashing loads of the windows.
In the video, he can be heard screaming "£600! All you had to do was pay me my fucking £600!"
However, one worker reportedly told the Sun that there had been a payment glitch and wages were paid after the weekend.
One person told the paper: "The money was supposed to go into his bank on Friday.
"But there was some kind of glitch and it didn't go in until Monday.
"He didn't check his bank account and didn't realise he'd actually been paid. That's why he went mental and wrecked the place."
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