Canterbury Road chainsaw raid: cops could have killed dog

Terry Harrison was not at home when police with a chainsaw and a battering ram hacked and hammered their way into his Ronkswood home.

The saw blade cut through his flipflops in the shoe rack and severed his grandchildren's video games which had been stacked by the door.

Now the 67-year-old says he is considering legal action and pursuing compensation not only for the damage to two front doors at his Canterbury Road home, managed by Platform Housing, but the emotional distress suffered as a result of the dawn raid on Tuesday.

BUZZ: Police cut through Terry Harrison's door using a chainsaw during the warrant at Canterbury Road in Ronkswood, Worcester (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

The former lorry driver, who has seven dogs, says his pet Rottweiler, Sindy, had been in a cage where the shoe rack later stood. That was when she was a puppy. However, when Sindy got too big for the cage, she no longer slept there.

He added: "It could have been my dog in the cage. I kept thinking that. The dog's cage was where the shoe rack was. It could have been my dog that was cut in half. She only got too big for it in the last 12 months. 

"If she had still been in there she would not have been able to get out. I'm still having anxiety pains. I keep thinking the police are going to come back through the door."

DAMAGED: Terry Harrison holds his damaged sandals and grandchildren's PS4 games which were cut up by the chainsaw as the door was cut open in Canterbury Road in Ronkswood in Worcester during a drugs warrant (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

As well as the two front doors and three shed doors, Mr Harrison says his caravan was also damaged. It was locked but he says police damaged the internal cupboard doors too even though you could open them simply by pressing a button. The rear lights were also broken during the warrant, executed for drugs, he said.

As previously reported, no drugs were found in the property but two scrambler motorbikes were seized as part of an ongoing investigation into antisocial behaviour.

SCARED: Until recently Sindy the Rottweiler slept in a cage behind the door in Canterbury Road in Ronkswood, Worcester which was cut open by the police chainsaw (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

Mr Harrison said one of the motorbikes was a birthday present for his 16-year-old grandson who has been left 'very upset' by what had happened.

"He loves that bike - a million per cent," said Mr Harrison.

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Mr Harrison said this is the third time a warrant has been executed at his home - twice now for cannabis and a third time for guns and nothing has ever been found.

ANXIOUS: Terry Harrison next to a damaged shed door he says was broken during a police warrant at his home in Canterbury Road in Ronkswood in Worcester (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said in a previous statement: “Officers carried out a warrant at an address on Canterbury Road in Worcester this morning (Tuesday) following intel given to police.

“No arrests were made, however, two bikes were found at the property which officers believe to be inked to anti-social behaviour. The bikes were seized and enquiries into this are on-going.

“All warrants, such as the one carried out this morning, must be granted by a magistrate at court based on sufficient evidence.”

They declined to provide a further statement.