Posted by
Ed Lilly on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:29:09 AM
From the Daily Mail:Man 'torched £350,000 home to stop his wife getting it in divorce'By CHRIS BROOKE - A furious husband burnt down his £350,000 home to stop his wife receiving it in a divorce settlement, a court heard.
Gary Hooley, a builder, had previously threatened to "knock the house down brick by brick" during one of many heated rows with his wife Michelle.
With the short marriage heading for divorce, he set fire to the house they shared in a callous act of retribution committed while drunk, Sheffield Crown Court was told.