A firebomb arsonist, his 'impulsive' girlfriend and getaway Range Rover driving brother have been put behind bars for over two decades after an innocent man was left with third-degree burns to his neck, back and face. Carl Wild threw a makeshift petrol-bomb at an innocent drinker outside a Redcar bar.

Teesside Crown Court heard that the 34-year-old made the explosive after he was refused entry into Peggy June's bar, and, after he threw it at the victim it "exploded, consuming [his] face, head and shoulders in flames". He then squirted bleach at the burning man before heading inside the venue on February 15.

The fire-starter, along with then-girlfriend Simone Reed, had attended the bar together and CCTV shows Wild celebrating when an acquaintance pulled out a machete in a fight. He was

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