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Two teenagers who killed an 88-year-old _pensioner when her home was set on fire with a firework stuffed through the letterbox have been jailed.__Kai Cooper_ 19_ declared _people are going to get terr
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- Two teenagers who killed an 88-year-old pensioner when her home was set on fire with a firework stuffed through the letterbox have been jailed.
Kai Cooper, 19, declared “People are going to get terrorized tonight” as he and a 17-year-old friend bought fireworks and two lighters in Romford,
The teens set off fireworks in the street, aiming them at terrified pedestrians, a nearby restaurant and pub, and parked cars.
Cooper handed a Megaburst firework to the 17-year-old, who put it through the letterbox of Josephine Smith’s home.
The pensioner is believed to have been asleep in bed when the firework let off two successive explosions and set her home ablaze on October 28th, 2021.
Sentencing the killers at the Old Bailey on Friday, Judge Mark Dennis KC said: “The victim was a vulnerable person who was in no position to protect or save herself from the fire that had been ignited downstairs in her home
Cooper was found guilty of manslaughter and arson, while his friend admitted the charges. They both pleaded guilty to affray.
Cooper was sentenced to six and a half years in prison with an extra two years on license, while the 17-year-old was sentenced to three years and eight months.
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