Man who caused gas blast that destroyed partner’s house jailed for 11 years

Paul Solway ignited explosion that damaged total of six terrace houses in Derby after his partner had kicked him out

A man who blew up a terrace house by causing gas to leak from a pipe and setting fire to a chair after his partner kicked him out has been jailed for 11 years.

Paul Solway was having a “meltdown” when he caused the explosion at his partner Joanne Waterfall’s home in Alvaston in Derby on the evening of 10 June last year.