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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

‘Neighbour from hell’ jailed over Lancashire gas blast that killed toddler

Emergency workers at the scene of the gas explosion in which two-year-old George Hinds died
Emergency workers at the scene of the gas explosion in May 2021 in which two-year-old George Hinds died. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

A “neighbour from hell” has been jailed for 15 years for causing a gas explosion that killed a toddler when he cut pipes to sell them for £400.

Two-year-old George Hinds died in the blast in May 2021 when Darren Greenham, 45, used an angle grinder to cut a pipe in his home in Heysham, Lancashire, in the early hours of the morning while intoxicated.

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