Masked Bandit, 28, Steals Tractor and Crashes into Family Home, Creating a Massive Hole in the Front Window

A MASKED thug who hotwired a tractor and smashed into a family home at full speed is now facing time behind bars.

Nathan Blagg, 28, ploughed the vehicle into a in Middlesborough just after 1am on May 9.

A masked thug was filmed ramming a tractor into a family home Credit: Evening Gazette Nathan Blagg drove the vehicle at ‘full throttle’ into the window Credit: Evening Gazette

Footage shows the red Massey Ferguson backing away from the property unsteadily, after smashing a hole through the terrace’s front window.

Locals who witnessed the incident reported hearing the tractor barge into the terrace, as neighbours were forced to evacuate.

One resident, who filmed the crash, said: “I heard it and felt it, it reversed into a car and drove back again.

“They were all in balaclavas and hoodies. It was the most insane thing I’ve ever seen.”

Blagg ploughed the tractor into the terrace in Middlesborough at around 1am on May 9 Credit: Evening Gazette Farmer Ian Tate had to retrieve his tractor which was still lodged in the wall of the property Credit: Evening Gazette Blagg admitted aggravated vehicle taking and criminal damage Credit: Evening Gazette The family was not in the property at the time of the crash Credit: Evening Gazette

Blagg, of Addlington Drive, Middlesborough, appeared at Teesside Crown Court on August 4, where he admitted aggravated taking and criminal damage.

He had previously pleaded guilty before magistrates to affray and another count of aggravated vehicle taking.

Judge Clews said: “It seems to me that the sentence you will ultimately receive will be a custodial sentence and of some length.

“Nevertheless a pre-sentence report may be of some assistance.”

The family was not in the at the time of the crash due to an alleged break-in weeks before, which had a left the interiors “smashed up”.

Following the collision, farmer Ian Tate arrived to find his tractor still lodged in the front wall with its engine whirring.

“There was no key in the ignition,” he told The Mail on Sunday.

“This was a good ten hours after the crash.

“I don’t know if they can hotwire these modern or not.”

He added that the machines were “complicated to handle” and that the user had to “know what they were doing”.

The vehicle was later removed from the property on May 12.

Blagg remains in custody until his next appearance.