A 33 YEAR OLD LABOURER MADE A DESPERATE ROOFTOP ES

A 33 YEAR OLD LABOURER MADE A DESPERATE ROOFTOP ESCAPE
WHEN A JILTED GIRLFRIEND TOOK REVENGE BY SETTING FIRE TO HIS
HOUSE, THE OLD BAILEY HEARD ON FRIDAY.

ANTHONY BOWRY FLED NAKED DOWN THE STREET AS TERRESA
REES,21, STOOD AND WATCHED THE FLAMES TAKE HOLD.

REES, WHO CLAIMED SHE HAD A MISCARRAIGE AFTER BEING
BEATEN BY BOWRY, POURED PETROL THROUGH THE LETTER BOX OF THE
TERRACE HOUSE IN RICHMOND ROAD, SURBITON, SURREY ON SEPTEMBER 27
LAST YEAR.

AND SHE LATER TOLD POLICE: ‘HE KILLED MY BABY.

I WAS
PREGNANT BUT HE NEVER TALKED TO ME.

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BUT BOWRY DENIED HE EVER HAD SEX WITH REES, WHO HAD
CONVICTIONS FOR SOLICITING PROSTITUTION.

MR JOHN GRIFFITH, PROSECUTING, SAID THE COUPLE MET IN A
LOCAL PUB IN MARCH LAST YEAR.

REES LIVED WITH BOWRY FOR AWHILE,
BUT THEY FELL OUT.

REES WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE END OF THE RELATIONSHIP AND
WOULD ARRIVE DRUNK ON BOWRY’S DOORSTEP, ADDED MR MITCHELL.

SHE HAD TRIED TO TALK TO HIM, BUT WAS MET WITH ABUSE,
SAID MR JOHN PRITTALD-WITTS, DEFENDING.

‘HE WAS ALSO SPREADING RUMOURS THAT SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE
AND THIS HURT HER AND REINFORCED HER FEELINGS OF REJECTION.

SHE COMMITTED THE ARSON IN THE PASSION OF THE MOMENT.

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THE COURT HEARD SHE HAD TOLD A FRIEND BEFORE SETTING
FIRE TO THE FRONT DOOR: ‘I’LL GET HIM, I’LL BURN HIS HOUSE
DOWN.

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MR PRITTALD-WITTS SAID THERE WAS NO MEDICAL EVIDENCE TO
CONFIRM HER BELIEF THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT, BUT SHE HAD BEEN
TREATED AT HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH AN ASSAULT.

MORE THAN #5000 WORTH OF DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE
HOUSE.

THE COMMON SERJEANT OF LONDON, JUDGE THOMAS PIGOT QC,
TOLD REES SHE WOULD BE GIVEN ONE LAST CHANCE.

HE PLACED HER ON THREE YEARS PROBATION ON CONDITION SHE
LIVES WITH HER PARENTS IN ETHEL STREET, CANTON, CARDIFF, AND
REPORT DAILY TO HER LOCAL POLICE STATION.

JUDGE PIGOT TOLD HER: ‘YOU DID THIS AS AN ACT OF EVENGE.

ALTHOUGH YOU ARE ONLY 21 YOU HAVE DONE YOUR BEST TO UIN YOUR LIFE –

AND ALMOST SUCCEEDED.

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THE COURT HEARD THAT REES, A FORMER NURSE, HAD SEVERAL

CONVICTIONS FOR SOLICITING, THEFT AND DISHONESTY.

ENDS.