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

Two-year-old died in explosion after Darren Greenham cut pipe in Heysham home while intoxicated

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.