Condemned
A Norfolk woman was given the honour of pressing a button to demolish a tower at the Campbells soup factory where her father was scalded to death in 1995. Here are some other buildings demolished to expunge bad memories:
— 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, former home of Fred and Rose West
— 5 College Close, Soham, Cambridgeshire, house where Ian Huntley killed two ten-year-old girls in 2002
— Beb al-Azizlya Compound, Tripoli, former home of General Gaddafi
— Muiredge Cottage, Buckhaven, Fife, bungalow where Rab Thomson murdered his two children
— 12205 Imperial Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, house where Anthony Sowell raped, murdered and buried 11...
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