Firebombers torched house in drug dispute

A terraced house was “firebombed” by two masked men armed with jerry cans who smashed a window and lit a fire over a drug dispute.

- PHILIP DEWEY

A TERRACED house was “firebombed” by two masked men armed with jerry cans who smashed a window and lit a fire over a drug dispute.

They were caught in the act by a terrified woman who lived at the property, and they chased her away.

Dean Reddington, 40, and Dean Eastwood, 34, travelled from Manchester to Trethomas, Caerphilly, in order to set fire to a house occupied by Jed Wiegold and his partner, Claire Barry.

There had been a dispute between Mr Wiegold and others regarding drugs and there had been a series of incidents involving damage to property and vehicles.

A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard Ms Barry returned to her property in Coronation Street on June 25 when she saw a Vauxhall vehicle containing two men drive slowly past her.

She saw the two men were wearing balaclavas and, when the vehicle stopped, they got out and were holding green jerry cans with hoses attached.