A man has been committed to crown court accused of causing a suspected gas blast that ripped through a Sunderland street.
Ian Lenaghan, 59, appeared before South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court charged with criminal damage with intent to endanger the lives of Gordon Rodham and Lynne Holland.
Lenaghan, of Whickham Street, Roker, Sunderland, did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on May 4.
