Family homes destroyed after a bitter lorry driver rammed his ex's home in an act of revenge, won't be rebuilt until next year.
Crazed Derek Wellington this week admitted a string of charges including ploughing into the East Kilbride home of his former girlfriend, 33, with an HGV in September.
The High Court heard chilling evidence that the 34-year-old screamed down the phone to her "I am going to park my lorry in your living room" after his ex refused to meet him.
The terrified victim's home had to be demolished, as did the adjoining terraced property - leaving another family homeless.
A dad-of-two in the row told us at the time how he and his family's life had been destroyed by the late night wrecking spree.
Months on, the space where the two houses were remains empty, and Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) say they don't expect the homes to be rebuilt until 2023.
The two families have been placed in temporary accommodation in the meantime.
A spokesman for CVHA told Lanarkshire Live : "These have been an exceptional set of circumstances and hugely distressing for those who have been affected.
"We have re-housed customers and will continue to update them on the on-going work to rebuild the properties affected.
"We are currently in the process of awarding a contractor and we anticipate the works to be completed in early 2023.
"We will continue to do all we can to support our customers through this difficult time.”
Wellington admitted culpable and reckless conduct to the danger of lives among charges and has been remanded in custody awaiting sentence.
Two children and a friend were in the property at the time, escaping after neighbours clambered to rescue them from the wreckage.
Speaking to Lanarkshire Live this week, residents in Lancaster Crescent said they were still "shocked" by what had happened.
And one neighbour said she hoped a "custodial sentence" would be handed down to Wellington, of Kilmarnock.
"It was absolutely terrible what happened and although everyone has tried to get on with things, there is a daily reminder of it with a big empty space where the homes once were.
"Hopefully the person responsible will get a custodial sentence, not only for the upheaval and upset it caused the families, but for everyone else too."
Another woman, who was one of those evacuated from a nearby property for three weeks, said: "It was such a horrible time.
"We have tried to move on since and don't want to talk about it."
And a resident in the same row of terraces hit by Wellington said folk in the street were "still shocked" that it had happened at all.
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