A desperate homeowner who tried to dismantle his house after he exploded in frustration following a long-running dispute with a tenant has 'lost everything' after the property was repossessed.

Louis Scudder, 53, was forced to give up his childhood home which has now been sold off at auction.

The three bedroom home had been left in a shocking state of disrepair for nearly a year after Mr Scudder launched into a frenzied one-man demolition mission.

Mr Scudder was at the centre of a 24-hour stand-off with police in riot gear last August after he began destroying the end of terrace house - starting with the roof.

Friends told how Mr Scudder snapped after reaching the end of his tether following a 17-year battle to take back control of his £150,000 property in Sheerness, Kent, which he became convinced had been 'stolen from him'.