A man jailed for blowing up his marital home while his wife was downstairs has died of mouth cancer, an inquest has heard.
Ian Clowes was sentenced to five years and four months in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court in May 2019 after pleading guilty to arson reckless to endangering life.
The court heard that the 68-year-old had used a large butane gas cylinder to cause the explosion which caused “catastrophic damage” to the house which had been converted into separate flats for Clowes and his estranged wife, Elaine.
Mrs Clowes escaped uninjured from the property in Poole, Dorset, but Clowes suffered 30% burns and life-threatening injuries in the incident on October 22 2018.
Man who blew up marital home died in hospital of mouth cancer, inquest hears
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