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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Wilkinson

Navy veteran jailed for five years for gas blast which wrecked street

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A Falklands War veteran has been jailed for five years for causing a gas explosion which put two people in hospital and caused more £1 million of damage to a residential street.

Ian Lenaghan, 59, cut a hose which fed into his cooker and ignited the gas, causing an explosion which meant eight people needed to be rehomed from Whickham Street, Sunderland.

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