Axe-wielding maniac went on £50,000 destruction spree after being dumped by text following row over Valentine's Day card

Miss Hall had dumped him by text for 'not showing enough gratitude' for the Valentine's Day card she had given him the day before. When Miss Hall arrived home from work shortly after 5pm she found Hyde swallowing paracetamol tablets whilst downing whisky. A heated argument ensued and Hyde threatened to kill Miss Hall but she managed to wriggle free of his grip and fled the property. Hyde then grabbed a four-foot axe from the house and began his costly destruction spree by smashing his way into the house of her 49-year-old neighbour Pauline Hilton.

He bashed Ms Hilton around the face before holding the axe across her throat as her terrified daughter Gemma Hilton, 27, locked herself in the upstairs bathroom and called police. His rampage then spilled out into the street where he began violently hacking at parked cars and front doors as terrified neighbours watched on in horror. Hyde's rampage of destruction - which caused a total of £48,000 worth of damage - was eventually ended when armed police used rubber bullets to disarm him.

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