Moment worker smashes up his boss's Grade II-listed home and car with traffic cone in row over deducted wages

A labourer who smashed his boss's Grade II-listed home with a traffic cone and hammer in revenge for having money deducted from his wages has been jailed for 17 months.Lucasz Dabrowski, 27, 'lost the plot' when he caused £14,000 in damage to his boss's house and car in Margate, Kent, in May.Dabrowski had been helping Abrar Mohammed to renovate the house in Fort Crescent and had been allowed to stay there.But he was angered when Mr Mohammed took rent money out of his wages because the home lacked utilities including heating and hot water.The Polish national was caught on camera using a claw hammer to smash the house's front bay window on May 4 at around 9.45pm.He then took a traffic cone inside and threw it through a front window before smashing every window of Mr Mohammed's silver Hyundai i800.On May 1 police had been called to the house after a report that windows were being broken from inside the house.Dabrowski was arrested and released on bail before returning to the house and causing more damage. Lucasz Dabrowski used a claw hammer and a traffic cone to smash Abrar Mohammed's house and car in May After smashing windows on May 1, Dabrowski was arrested and bailed before returning to cause more damage at the house in Margate, KentThe Polish national was sentenced to 17 months in prison for the attack, which was prompted by a dispute over a wage deductionHe pleaded guilty to two offences of criminal damage, one count of burglary and one count of assaulting a police constable after spitting at an officer following his arrest.Alongside his jail term Dabrowski was handed a two-year restraining order banning him from any contact with Abrar.During his initial attack on May 1, prosecutor Meera Yagnik said police were called around 10.30pm to a report of windows being broken and items being thrown out.Officers arrived to find Dabrowski on top of scaffolding outside and 'some sort of negotiation' was needed to bring him down.Mr Mohammed had the locks changed after his employee caused damage worth around £5,000.But Ms Yagnik said on May 4, 'police were again called to the property following reports of a male outside causing a disturbance, breaking windows to the property and the windows of the complainant's vehicle'.'This was captured on CCTV. The defendant is seen wielding a claw hammer in his right hand and using it to smash the front bay windows.'He then picks up a traffic cone from the front garden, enters the property through the front door and, a few seconds later, the traffic cone can be seen flying out through the bay window. Dabrowski had been helping to renovate the house and was allowed to stay there by Mr Mohammed but was angered by his boss's deducting money from his wages for rent'The defendant then leaves the property via the front door, picks up a piece of wood, re-enters, exits and picks up the traffic cone again.'He is then seen walking with it in his hand to the vehicle parked at the front. He then walks around smashing every window with the traffic cone.'Mr Mohammed said in a victim impact statement he had been left 'extremely worried' that the labourer might 'shift his anger' and cause him personal harm.He said his working relationship with the employee was 'ruined' and claimed a recent change in the Pole's behaviour was caused by substance misuse, saying he hoped Dabrowski would 'get the help needed'.Despite previous convictions for criminal damage, racially aggravated assault and harassment, Canterbury Crown Court heard Dabrowski had led a law-abiding life during his first nine years in Britain.But his lawyer Natasha Spreadborough said his life began to 'unravel' after he became 'embroiled in substance misuse'. Dabrowski, pictured with Mr Mohammed's Hyundai i800, said there was no heating or hot water at the houseMs Spreadborough said her client hoped to be deported, adding: 'He wishes to put this period in his life behind him and move back to Poland for a fresh start.​'Recorder Duncan Atkinson KC, sentencing, told him: 'It is clear from what you told the probation officer who prepared your pre-sentence report that you had, to use Ms Spreadborough's words, lost the plot.'You had become angry with Mr Mohammed because you considered he had exploited you while you were carrying out work on his property for him.'He was allowing you to stay in the property, albeit it had no heating, hot water or other amenities, and was, unbeknown to you, charging you rent by taking money out of your wages.'It was that sense of grievance towards him that led you to behave in an utterly disgraceful way on a number of occasions.'The recorder did not award Mr Mohammed compensation saying he was 'puzzled' as to why it was not covered by insurance.