Man rigged up house ‘like Home Alone’ to protect drugs business, jury told

Man rigged ‘Home Alone-style’ house with explosives to protect drug stash

A man said he was inspired by Home Alone and rigged houses with trip wires and explosives to protect his drug stash, a court heard.Ian Claughton, 60, and his wife Lesley, 59, rigged three properties in South Yorkshire with fishing wire, adapted crow-scarers, stun guns, and a home-made flamethrower.The defendants, whose case is being heard in Doncaster Crown Court, deny several drugs and firearm offences that they are accused of.The “heavily prot…

Man rigged up house ‘like Home Alone’ to protect drugs business, jury told

Prosecutors said police found weapons including a home-made flamethrower and a series of traps at the home in Grimethorpe, near Barnsley.

Man rigged up Yorkshire house 'like Home Alone' to protect drugs empire - Trial - Yorkshire Live

Doncaster Crown Court heard around 100 homes in Grimethorpe were evacuated in the former pit village in May 2024