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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sami Quadri

Car crashes into garden of £1.2m London townhouse owned by Boris Johnson

A car crashed into the front of the Prime Minister’s £1.2 million townhouse on Monday morning.

The black Vauxhall Astra demolished a boundary wall and also damaged a hedge at the four-bed home which Boris Johnson and wife Carrie bought in 2020.

Neighbours were woken by a “loud bang” in Camberwell, south London.

The driver was treated for a minor injury.

The house was targeted by pro-Russian demonstrators weeks ago but police said no offences were identified in the crash - indicating it was an accident.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “Officers attended and found a car that had struck the exterior of a property causing minor damage.

“The driver of the car sustained a minor injury and was assessed by paramedics, but did not require hospital treatment. No offences were identified.”

The Prime Minister bought the four-bedroom property with wife Carrie Johnson for £1.2 million in July 2019, according to Land Registry documents.

The Times reported the house was paid for using a buy-to-let mortgage and was undergoing renovation.

The register of MPs’ interests states that the PM has a rental income of at least £10,000 a year.

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