'Selfish and wicked man' jailed for explosion that killed toddler

Oct 5, 2022

Man jailed for causing gas explosion

The man who caused a gas explosion at a house in Lancashire which killed two-year-old George Hinds has today been jailed.

Darren Greenham, 44, was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to George’s manslaughter.

Greenham cut a gas pipe in his own property with an angle grinder, planning to steal the pipework, and bypassed the meter to steal gas.

A police investigation found Greenham was intent on selling the cut pipes for scrap metal and had boasted to witnesses that he would make £400 to buy a car.

After the sentencing at Preston Crown Court, a police spokesman said: “Darren is a truly selfish and wicked man whose main motivation in the build-up to the fatal explosion was financial greed."

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