Welsh Gran Fled for Her Life After Home of 60 Years Torched over Drug Debt

Welsh gran fled for her life after home of 60 years torched over drug debt

Carol Ford's home in Ferndale was destroyed in the blaze after gang poured petrol through widow's letterbox and window on the middle of the night

Four men jailed after ‘cowardly’ arson attack on 82-year-old’s home in Ferndale

Four men from Western-super-Mare have been jailed after launching an arson attack on a house in Protheroe Street, Ferndale. Connor Pitt, 24; Auryn Gustur, 19; 19-year-old Alfie Wheeler; and 33-year-old Lewis Manito attacked the home of an 82-year-old grandmother due to a criminal vendetta directed by an organised crime group outside the UK. Just after 11pm on July 27, 2025, Storm Truman, 19, from Western-super-Mare, drove her white Seat Ibiza, c…

Drug gang jailed for arson attack on widow's home while she slept

The burnt out house in Protheroe Street, Ferndale (Credit: BBC) Four men have been jailed after launching an arson attack on a house in south Wales while a grandmother was asleep upstairs. Connor Pitt, 24; Auryn Gustur, 19; 19-year-old Alfie Wheeler; and 33-year-old Lewis Manito all from Weston-super-Mare attacked the home of an 82-year-old grandmother in Protheroe Street, Ferndale due to a criminal vendetta directed by an organised crime group …