A man who locked his wife in a toilet and tried to knock it down with a digger is being hunted by police. It is believed Peter Rigden, 64, enticed his wife into the outside loo of their £1.2m Crawley Down home and then tried to bulldoze it.
"Honey, can you go out to the loo and see if I left my glasses there? I’ll just wait for you on the dozer."
His wife Gabrielle, 45, escaped with minor injuries before the toilet in Sandy Lane was knocked down. It is thought Mr Rigden then set fire to his barn containing gas cylinders which exploded. A car was also set alight and destroyed in the grounds of the house. Police officers and firefighters were called after Mr Rigden’s French wife rang them from a neighbours house at 1050 GMT on Thursday.
French wife? Perhaps they were having a discussion on foreign policy that got out of hand.
Neighbours described Mr Rigden as an "eccentric".
As opposed to being "nuts"? |