House wrecked as gatecrashers invade party

More than 50 youths turned up uninvited and caused chaos after news of the teenage party spread rapidly by text and on internet sites including Facebook.

Parents Murray and Valerie Duncan had gone away for the night and allowed their son, 15-year-old Liam, to invite round a small group of friends to their Perth home. But scores of gatecrashers arrived after hearing about the empty house and caused so much damage that police officers spent more than an hour restoring order.

Mrs Duncan, 48, said she was disgusted and horrified that teenagers could behave "worse than animals" and leave such a trail of destruction.

She said: "The place was just a total mess. The house smells of urine because they were obviously going to the toilet on the carpets.

"Alcohol was poured into the fish tank and killed the fish. There was broken glass all over the garden and beyond. The kitchen cupboard doors are hanging off. They have used the beds as trampolines.

"Our leather sofa has been ripped. They have let off a fire extinguisher and the powder from it is all over the porch at the back. It is everywhere. There is vomit in one of the beds. The bed linen is ruined."

Mrs Duncan, who works for an insurance company, said she would now have to hope the bill for cleaning the house and replacing the damaged goods would be covered by her policy.

"We had gone away for the night and we knew Liam would have one or two friends round. We got called back and the police were here. One of the girls had been taken to hospital because she was so drunk.

"If it had just been a party we would have understood. But this was kids acting like animals."

Tayside Police confirmed they had been called to the address on Friday night.

Management consultant Mr Duncan, 59, said: "Thousands of pounds worth of damage has been done and ornaments that really meant something to us are irreparable."