Man blew up childhood home in mistaken belief he was cut off in ‘secret will’

Darren Davies was jailed for four years after he caused an explosion which destroyed his childhood home in Hambleton (Pictures: PA/CPS)

A man who blew up his childhood home in the mistaken belief he had been cut out of the family inheritance has been jailed.

Darren Davies, 55, poured petrol throughout the bedroom and attic of his £260,000 detached bungalow in Hambleton, Blackpool, on March 27.

He then set it alight with a candle and the resulting explosion engulfed it in flames, leaving glass and debris strewn across the road outside.

Davies emerged from the side of the house ‘miraculously uninjured’ and told a passer-by: ‘My family want the...