A careless driver destroyed part of a 120-year-old stone cottage when 26 tonnes of tree trunks fell off the back of his lorry.

Christopher Wiggins, 42, lost control of his timber lorry on a country road in Wales as he carried the trees from forestry.

Bryony Francis, 53, was in the kitchen of the cottage when the forestry truck hit the property after taking a corner at speed.

It crashed through the front corner of her home, shedding its load of tree trunks - and virtually destroying the 120-year-old stone cottage.

Wiggins lost control of his truck which rolled over and spilled its load of timber logs in the quiet village of Llangua near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

Wiggins, of Splott, Cardiff, was cleared of dangerous driving by a jury but was convicted of careless driving in May 2021.