Isn't this one of the perks of being an estate agent? You've taken your exciting new girlfriend out to dinner, and just got the cheque (okay, in the current climate, you've split it), or you've been out on the razz with a few mates and the pub's kicked you out... where now? Back to your own flat? Or off to an expensive, nicely "staged" for selling, party pad, the owners abroad, the keys in your pocket? Hmmm. Joseph Young, of Vickery and Co estate agents (apparently, he had already handed in his notice), chose 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.

You can appreciate why he didn't want to bring his mates home. They went on to "borrow" the vendor's car, which they smashed into a tree, writing it off. The agency did - however - manage to sell the house two months later. Result.

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