Fraser Dolman and Wayne Hepburn were jailed today
Two men have been jailed after killing an elderly man whose home they mistakenly set on fire in a "revenge attack".
Henry Riding, prosecuting, described how the smoke alarms at the couple's home in Dorien Road, Old Swan, Liverpool, had been activated, and she went onto the landing to find "smoke engulfing the stairs". Mr Redmond was downstairs struggling to unlock the front door, and Mrs Redmond took the keys from him and opened it - burning her fingers in the process.
Mr Redmond died in hospital on September 16. A post-mortem investigation found he had been "in poor health" and passed away as a result of an "acute cardiac failure". He immediately fled the scene, leaving the petrol can behind with fuel still inside it. His DNA was found on this item, as well as on the garden gate.
Henry Riding, prosecuting, told the court: "This, in the opinion of the police and the crown, was some form of revenge attack, carried out as a warning to those involved with Mr Dolman in drugs trafficking offences. This was meant to be targeting somebody else's premises." "It was intended to be a warning, and it was not intended that anybody should be harmed. The tragic consequences were not intended, they were probably not even contemplated by this defendant."
Tom Watson said on his behalf: "At 26, he now has a partner sitting at the side of court and plans a different future for himself. If he doesn’t do that, he is going to become institutionalised. One of his supporters in the public gallery was heard to mutter "f***ing hell" as his sentence was passed, while another shouted "what?". Mr Redmond's loved ones meanwhile sat in dignified silence.
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