1/1 A CONVICTED drink driver who caused £100,000 worth of damage after crashing into a family home just 24 hours after his motoring ban expired has avoided prison. Msulama Sal Chitulu careered into the semi detached house in an almighty smash that destroyed a new kitchen, buckled the garage door and smashed the front step. Dramatic CCTV footage shows the grey Vauxhall Zafira shoot straight into the garage door and brick wall with the force of the impact so strong that kitchen cupboards were thrown open sending plates, glasses and jars crashing onto the floor. The family had to have work done to make their house structurally sound again and had Christmas dinner cooked on a camping stove because their brand new kitchen was destroyed.
A former British Army soldier was caught on CCTV hurling petrol bombs at his ex girlfriend’s home in a jealous rage after she dumped him.
Ashley Pankewycz, 30, launched a total of three Molotov cocktails at the house in Southampton, Hants, after their short-lived relationship broke down, a court heard.
In the clip - shown to a jury -Pankewycz is seen creeping up to his intended target, lighting beer bottles full of petrol, before flinging them at the house.
The front garden of the house in Southampton, Hants, is illuminated in a flash of light as they explode.
Pankewycz was sentenced to six years and nine months after pleading guilty to arson.
By Tom Orde Crime and court reporter CCTV footage has been released of a “jealous and bitter” stalker hurling petrol bombs at a Southampton home. Ashley Pankewycz launched three petrol bombs at a home in Millbrook Road East during part of a stalking campaign waged against his ex-partner. A clip played at Southampton Crown Court shows the ex-army officer creep up to his intended target with beer bottles full of petrol.
Ashley Pankewycz throwing a petrol bomb. He ignites them then throws them one after the other, during the firebombing attack during the early hours of September 11 last year. The front garden is illuminated in a flash of light as his homemade bombs explode.
1/1 A “JEALOUS and bitter” man launched petrol bombs at a Southampton home as part of an ongoing stalking campaign, a court heard. Ashley Pankewycz hurled three petrol bombs at a house in Millbrook Road East. When one of them didn’t explode, he picked it up and threw it again at the property belonging to a friend of his ex-partner. Judge Christopher Parker QC told in the Spring of last year the 30-year-old “began a comparatively short-lived relationship” with his victim. He added: “That relationship broke down in mid-June, by then you were already displaying some signs of jealous and controlling behaviour.”