Call for action after travellers destroy Leamington office building

The damage to the interior of Sovereign House, in Queensway, Leamington.

Travellers have caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage to a Leamington office building, sparking calls from its owner for more to be done to stop such incidents from happening.

An unauthorised encampment of about 15 caravans and additional vehicles was set up in the car park of Sovereign House in Queensway after the gates were forced open. And in the time during which the group were on the site they smashed windows and ripped out anything of value - in particular metal which could be sold for scrap.

The site was broken into last weekend and human faeces were also found in the building which has been empty and available to let since September.

A spokesman for the site thinks that the level of damage caused to the building, most recently occupied by Geotech Ltd, is so severe that it might need to be demolished.