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Nottingham Post
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Olimpia Zagnat

Face of 'very dangerous' Nottinghamshire arsonist who set fire to ex-girlfriend's family home

This is the face of an arsonist who set fire to his ex-girlfriend's family home. Police released the picture of 26-year-old Declan Gilluley, of Cox's Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, after he was jailed after pleading guilty to arson at a Nottingham Crown Court hearing.

Gilluley was living with his ex-girlfriend at her mum's family home of 21 years. After their relationship ended, he insisted on continuing to stay there - telling the family he had terminal cancer, the court heard.

The court heard how Declan had been watching films with his ex-girlfriend before going to sleep. He searched the internet for ways he could set a house on fire without being detected before the incident shortly before 5.30am on October 22 last year, an investigation has shown.

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