A pair of drunk twin girls who doused themselves in petrol and threatened to blow up a garage in a police stand-off have been jailed. It was only because their lighter was broken that 23 year olds Brittany and Bethany Lee survived after soaking themselves in petrol from three different pumps at the Esso garage in Canterbury, Kent.
Prosecutor Vishal Misra told Canterbury Crown Court: “Officers were made aware of Bethany and Brittany being at Lakeside petrol station in Canterbury. They stated in a phone call to police they planned on killing themselves and blowing the petrol station up. Bethany Lee said she was seeking to set herself on fire and also the Esso petrol station.”
Mr Misra said that 20 minutes after officers arrived at the garage on April 10 the twins threatened to set themselves alight if police came closer. He added: “Bethany was seen with a lighter, trying to discharge the lighter."
