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Man drove bulldozer over parked car and smashes into pub

Matt MurrayBBC Wales, Merthyr Crown Court
News imageBBC Front of New Inn pub with lettering attached to wall of long building painted cream colour. The front porch has been destroyed and debris is strewn across the path leading to the entrance.BBC
Daniel Morgan pleaded guilty to crashing into the New Inn at Cefn Rhigos

A man has admitted driving a bulldozer into a village pub during opening hours, destroying the front porch and damaging the outside walls.

Police were called just after 20:45 GMT on 4 December following reports that a bulldozer had driven over an unoccupied parked car and crashed into the New Inn, in the hamlet of Cefn Rhigos.

Daniel Morgan, from Rhigos in Rhondda Cynon Taf, pleaded guilty to all charges including dangerous driving, criminal damage and aggravated vehicle-taking and property damage.

The 35-year-old will be sentenced on 20 April and was told by Merthyr Crown Court to expect a prison sentence.