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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Man admits manslaughter of two-year-old boy who died in gas explosion

Lancashire Constabulary / SWNS

A man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a “beautiful” two-year-old boy who died in a huge gas explosion which injured four others and flattened two homes.

George Hinds was killed as a fireball tore through his family’s semi-detached home in Heysham in the early hours of 16 May last year, with neighbours likening the “utter devastation” left behind to a “warzone”.

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