Teenager threatened to blow up ex's house

HOUGH, 18, PUT LIT FIREWORK THROUGH VICTIM'S LETTERBOX

- By GAVIN HAVERY

A teenager who threatened to ‘blow up’ his girlfriend’s house put a lit firework threw her letterbox.

Smoke was seen coming from the pyrotechnic after 18-year-old Alby Hough tried to make good on his promise.

Teesside Crown Court heard he chided his former partner in chilling message afterwards by saying: ‘Didn’t I tell you what would happen?’

The court was told the pair had an ‘on-off’ relationship that had been good at the start but soured when she suspected him of cheating on her with other girls.

Jenny Haigh, prosecuting, said he had made the threat to blow up her house after an argument last November but she had not taken it seriously.