We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Friday 11 February 2022 15:42, UK Image: George Hinds . News you can trust since 1837. . His wife Sharon Greenham, 51, is due to stand trial on October 4 charged with the same . Greenham, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, damaging a gas meter and theft of gas, was sentenced to 15 years in jail at Preston Crown Court. 4 October 2022, 0:51 pm. Darren Greenham, 45, was jailed for 15 years for causing the death of 2-year-old George Hinds 2-year-old George Hinds was killed when an explosion tore through his council house in Heysham, Lancashire after 45-year-old Darren Greenham cut the gas pipes in the hope of selling the copper piping for scrap, Preston Crown Court heard. George Hinds was killed in the blast which destroyed two homes and damaged another on Mallowdale Avenue, Heysham, at 02:45 BST on 16 May 2021. Little George Hinds died in the gas explosion after being trapped in the rubble Credit: MEN Media. Greenham was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the manslaughter of George Hinds. He was given 15 years and two months for manslaughter and one month each for the other two charges, to run concurrently. Darren Greenham and his wife Sharon Greenham (Facebook/ Darren Greenham) According to the outlet, locals have described the impact to be "like a bomb going off" and dirt and debris covered . 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Read about our approach to external linking. His dad Stephen said his family had been "devastated" by Greenham, "just for selling . Darren Greenham, 45, used . Pupils told inspectors that leaders do not do enough to safeguard them in school. My heart is completely broken.. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The judge said: "Mr Greenham was a selfish and disruptive neighbour. He wrote: Words cant describe what the last week has done to me and Vicki. 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 . . In emotional victim personal statements, Georges parents Stephen Hinds and Vicky Studholme told the court of their heartbreak and pain suffered at the hands of Greenham. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Two-year-old George Hinds died in the blast in Heysham in May 2021, Darren Greenham boasted to witnesses that he would make 400 to buy a car from the pipework, Two houses collapsed and a third was seriously damaged in the explosion, George's father said his son was "my absolute world", Det Ch Insp Jane Webb (left) joined George's parents Stephen Hinds and Vicki Studholme outside court. 04 October 2022. Both Marsh, of Banks Crescent, Heysham, and Sharon Greenham, now of Bowness Road, Lancaster, were bailed to appear at . A man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a two-year-old who died in a gas explosion in Lancashire. Greenham has today been jailed for 15 years and two months after a two-day sentencing hearing at Preston Crown Court. Today, Darren Greenham, 45, was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to Georges manslaughter. Lancashire Police have opened a criminal probe int the case after officers identified the cause of the explosion as a cut gas pipe. He said: "With that sobriety has come a clarity and an insight that he didn't have through all his years of drink and drugs, and that clarity and insight has enabled him to see for the first time what terrible harm he has caused.". Darren Greenham. At around 2.30am on May 16 last year, things escalated into scenes likened to a horror movie as a huge explosion occurred at his home and destroyed each of those either side of him. The court heard how he would regularly play loud music and taunt his neighbours and was dependent on drugs and alcohol. Four other people were hurt in the explosion in Heysham, Lancashire. Appearing in the dock at Preston Crown Court today, Darren Greenham, 44, was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to George's manslaughter. Pictured here during his loutish days which he spent terrorising neighbours on Heysham's Mallowdale Avenue, Darren Greenham today (October 5) cut a different figure as he sat in the dock at Preston Crown Court. A couple fighting for their lives after their toddler neighbour was killed in an explosion that ripped apart two homes have been pictured for the first time. 11:20, 11 FEB 2022. DeSantis won't say he's running. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Over a two day sentencing hearing, the court heard how Greenham had been a nightmare neighbour for years with late night DIY, loud music and abusive rants at those living by. Sharon Greenham, 52, also of Bowness Road, is also charged with manslaughter, criminal damage and theft and has denied the offences. . Fuelled with petrol and causing thick black smoke, one of these would require firefighters to attend after spreading out of control to a border fence and another could be seen two miles away. Pupils told inspectors that leaders do not do enough to safeguard them in school. The 'broken' parents of Heysham toddler George Hinds have spoken out about their son's death after a man was jailed for his manslaughter. Darren Greenham confessed to killing George Hinds after causing a gas explosion in Heysham while drunk and high, and all because he wanted to sell the copper piping in his house for 400. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Please report any comments that break our rules. Mr Hinds delivered his own statement, placing on the stand a pillow which belonged to his boy and was recovered from the rubble. Greenham, who suffered a serious head injury and lost much of the use of his right hand in the explosion, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, damaging a gas meter and theft of gas in August. Georges heartbroken father has reportedly posted a filmed tribute on Facebook of his son reading a book about animals, next to the caption: My little boy. Every day this week has been a new challenge and to go from seeing my two-year-old beautiful boy from playing in the garden, to a week later planning his funeral in his new 3ft bed, is unreal. The drunk and drugged up neighbour whose reckless actions caused a huge gas explosion, killing a two-year-old boy, has been jailed for 15 years. 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'There is a lot of goodwill in Morecambe.'. The subsequent explosion killed George Hinds, whose family lived . Lancashire Constabulary were called to reports of an explosion on Mallowdale Avenue, Heysham, at around 2.40am on May 16 2021. . The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. To give even serious injuries when self inflicted on the backdrop of the death of a child as mitigation would be completely unfair, he said. Lancashire Police said detectives and gas experts had discovered the cause of the explosion was a gas pipe which had been cut inside number 20 Mallowdale Avenue - the home of Darren, 44, and 50-year-old Sharon Greenham. In a statement read to the court on Tuesday, Ms Studholme described Greenham as a "neighbour from hell" who made her feel "unsafe" because he threatened violence to the family. Man admits killing boy, 2, in gas explosion that left street looking like a 'war zone'. ", Why not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? We would go and see him every day and hold him. Darren Greenham, 45, was trying to extract the metal to sell for scrap to fund his addiction in the early hours of May 16 last year in Mallowdale Avenue, Heysham, Lancashire. What's he waiting for? George's parents, who described him as a "beautiful little angel", continued to be supported by specially trained officers, police said. George Arthur Hinds died in the explosion which destroyed his Heysham home in the early hours of May 16, 2021. ", Anyone with any information should contact police on 101 quoting log 0180 of May 16th or on the Major Incident Portal at https://mipp.police.uk/operation/0401020121W04-PO1. Greenham was handed a 15 year sentence for manslaughter and an additional month for each of the other offences. The judge said she and husband Stephen Hinds are still living in a caravan and had to borrow money after losing their home and all their possessions. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Parents Vicky Studholme, 42, and Stephen Hinds, 41, also survived the blast at their Heysham, Lancashire home in the early hours of May 16 that cost their beloved son's life. George Hinds, two, was killed in the explosion in Heysham, Lancs, back in May. 2023 BBC. Credit: Lancashire Police George's father Stephen Hinds . HP10 9TY. "This was until I arrived at the hospital to be told that George had died. 2023 BBC. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Her husband Darren Greenham, 44, is also charged with the same offence; . The judge praised George's parents, who have been living in a caravan since the blast, for their dignity and said he shared their "incomprehension" that anyone could put the lives of so many at risk for the sake of stealing "a few lengths of copper piping". George Hinds was killed in a gas explosion caused by Darren Greenham, Emergency workers at the scene of the gas explosion in which two-year-old George Hinds died. A third defendant, Paul Marsh, 54, from Heysham, also pleaded not guilty to damaging a gas meter and theft of gas. . He said Greenham, who was dependent on alcohol and drugs, made the lives of his neighbours a "misery" and would play music until the early hours and insult George. "He lived his life without regard for the comfort of those who were unfortunate enough to live adjacent to him.". Four other people were also hurt when the two houses were destroyed and a third was damaged. Darren Greenham used an angle grinder to cut pipes in his Mallowdale Avenue council house in Heysham, hoping to sell the parts to a scrap merchant to raise a few hundred pounds to buy a car. Greenham cut a gas pipe in his own property with an angle grinder, planning to steal the pipework, and bypassed the meter to . 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