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14-08-10, 11:58 AM
www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk (http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk) - Herald Express - 14-Aug-2010
nfh age: 48; nfh sex: male
location: Keysfield Road, Paignton; map view (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Keysfield+Road,+Paignton&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Keysfield+Rd,+Paignton+TQ4,+United+Kingdom&ei=YoJmTMCTDIOQjAeSr4nUBA&ved=0CBIQ8gEwAA&ll=50.430406,-3.560107&spn=0.005509,0.018067&t=h&z=16)
tags: tenant, blow torch, arson, drugs, prison
Evicted tenant tried to burn down house-from-hell with blowtorch (http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/evicted-tenant-tried-burn-house/article-2526108-detail/article.html)
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AN EVICTED tenant from a Paignton house-from-hell used a blowtorch in an attempt to burn it down, Exeter Crown Court heard.
Peter Heron (pictured), 43, was yesterday sentenced to more than two years in prison for the arson attempt.
The court was told he was heard to say 'Let's just burn it, we are all out anyway', the night police slapped a three-month closure order on the multi-occupancy house in Keysfield Road, Paignton, in May.
He had turned on gas in the property and used a blow torch to light fires throughout the building.
One tenant only woke as his room was filled with smoke.
Heron was sentenced to 28 months in prison after earlier admitting arson with being reckless to whether life would be endangered.
Judge James Tabor told him: "This house could have blown up or burnt down. It is a picture that almost defies belief.
"You could have killed yourself that night and probably others as well."
The court heard Heron was one of 16 tenants that were told to leave the premises after police received complaints from neighbours about drug taking, prostitution and antisocial behaviour at the house.
Read more (http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/evicted-tenant-tried-burn-house/article-2526108-detail/article.html)
nfh age: 48; nfh sex: male
location: Keysfield Road, Paignton; map view (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Keysfield+Road,+Paignton&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Keysfield+Rd,+Paignton+TQ4,+United+Kingdom&ei=YoJmTMCTDIOQjAeSr4nUBA&ved=0CBIQ8gEwAA&ll=50.430406,-3.560107&spn=0.005509,0.018067&t=h&z=16)
tags: tenant, blow torch, arson, drugs, prison
Evicted tenant tried to burn down house-from-hell with blowtorch (http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/evicted-tenant-tried-burn-house/article-2526108-detail/article.html)
http://i.thisis.co.uk/275585/article/images/2526108/1726712-vlarge.jpg
AN EVICTED tenant from a Paignton house-from-hell used a blowtorch in an attempt to burn it down, Exeter Crown Court heard.
Peter Heron (pictured), 43, was yesterday sentenced to more than two years in prison for the arson attempt.
The court was told he was heard to say 'Let's just burn it, we are all out anyway', the night police slapped a three-month closure order on the multi-occupancy house in Keysfield Road, Paignton, in May.
He had turned on gas in the property and used a blow torch to light fires throughout the building.
One tenant only woke as his room was filled with smoke.
Heron was sentenced to 28 months in prison after earlier admitting arson with being reckless to whether life would be endangered.
Judge James Tabor told him: "This house could have blown up or burnt down. It is a picture that almost defies belief.
"You could have killed yourself that night and probably others as well."
The court heard Heron was one of 16 tenants that were told to leave the premises after police received complaints from neighbours about drug taking, prostitution and antisocial behaviour at the house.
Read more (http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/evicted-tenant-tried-burn-house/article-2526108-detail/article.html)