A stunning video has captured the second a girl planted a ‘deodorant bomb’ exterior her ex-boyfriend’s entrance door, inflicting an enormous fireball explosion.
Lauren Marie Talbot, beforehand of Northampton, set a number of fires inside her Shelley Street flat in Kingsley, Northhants, again in 2022 earlier than inflicting an explosion exterior her ex-partner’s residence at round 8pm on June 18, 2023. CCTV footage from contained in the flat constructing confirmed the 39-year-old, together with her hood up, planting the fuel canister exterior the entrance door after failing to place it by way of the letterbox.
The blast blew two doorways open, cracking the partitions and inflicting structural injury, and burning the carpet. When fireplace crews arrived to place it out, they discovered writing on the wall which learn “This flat can burn in hell”, based on Northants Police.
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Thankfully, her ex-partner was not in on the time of the pre-planned, although proof urged she thought he can be, and nobody was injured.
Talbot was arrested in reference to the hearth and subsequently charged with arson with intent to hazard life, pleading responsible to each offences in September final yr at Northampton Crown Court. She was sentenced to 6 years in jail on the identical court docket on January 16.
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Detective Constable Roisin Harrison mentioned: “Lauren Talbot’s offending was exceptionally harmful. She may have killed somebody because of each offences and it’s by way of sheer luck that nobody was injured. As you’ll be able to see within the footage, the carnage she created when she set that may of butane on fireplace is intensive.
“It could very easily have ended with a large fire throughout the block of flats, causing untold damage, and I hope this is something she reflects on during her time in jail. I additionally need to take this chance to thank the person on this case who has supported our investigation from the start.
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“Luckily he was not in his flat that day, but the incident has understandably had a very real effect on him. I hope this result provides him with some semblance of closure. I am pleased to see Talbot handed this sentence and I hope it shows how seriously Northamptonshire Police take these kinds of incidents.”
Detective Sergeant Pete Ticehurst added: “I’d like to commend both DC Roisin Harrison and DC Angela McKay for their investigations into Lauren Talbot. Their diligence and hard work led to her guilty pleas and a fantastic sentence of six years in prison.”
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