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19/02/2013
10 Years For Man Who Blew Up House Killing Two-Year-Old Neighbour
A man has been jailed for 10-years for the death of a two-year-old boy when he deliberately blew up his terrace house.
At Manchester Crown Court in November, 28-year-old Andrew Partington pleaded guilty to manslaughter and eight charges of destroying houses in the blast.
He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with a further five on licence.
The deliberate explosion at Partington’s rented home in Shaw, Oldham, destroyed two adjacent houses last June.
Two-year-old Jamie Heaton lived in a house next to Partington and it is known he was watching TV at the time of the blast.
His body was later found in the wreckage by police officers helping his distraught mother, Michelle Heaton, search for him.
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At Manchester Crown Court in November, 28-year-old Andrew Partington pleaded guilty to manslaughter and eight charges of destroying houses in the blast.
He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with a further five on licence.
The deliberate explosion at Partington’s rented home in Shaw, Oldham, destroyed two adjacent houses last June.
Two-year-old Jamie Heaton lived in a house next to Partington and it is known he was watching TV at the time of the blast.
His body was later found in the wreckage by police officers helping his distraught mother, Michelle Heaton, search for him.
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UK house prices fall, report shows
UK house prices fell by 0.5% between January and February, figures from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) have shown. The drop in prices, which saw the average house price in the UK in February fall to £179,491 from £180,465 in January, is smaller than the 1% fall reported in the same period last year.
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