PANTS on fire!

Published date27 November 2020
Date27 November 2020
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Mum-of-two Laura Hunsley has told of the terrifying moment she awoke to find a man pouring petrol over two cars parked outside her home in Leymoor Road, Golcar.

The 30-year-old was asleep with her partner Sonny Milnes when at 2.15am a man approached their home.

He tried to break the window of one car using a rock and when this failed he poured petrol from a jerrycan over both a red Honda Civic and a white Volvo on the drive, causing damage to the paintwork on both.

But the suspect got more than he bargained for as the fire set his clothes alight.

Laura, who has two boys aged two and six, said she has no idea why the arsonist targeted their property where they have lived happily without incident for the past four years.

She said: "I don't feel safe at home now, it doesn't bear thinking about. I woke up as my partner was at the bedroom window shouting at him. I wondered...

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