Big Brother star Simone Reed jailed after buying petrol used in Molotov cocktail

A former Big Brother star has been jailed after a person was 'set alight' at a Teeside bar. The 36-year-old, who was a contestant on the hit show in 2017, drove with Carl Wild to a garage after threatening to firebomb the Peggy Junes pub in Redcar following a row.

Reed watched on as Wild, 34, launched the Molotov cocktail at reveller David Brotton. The petrol bomb hit the victim in the head and CCTV video showed Brotton rolling around on the ground to try and extinguish the flames.

Today, Carl Wild and his co-accused were in court to hear their sentences. Carl Wild admitted to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and aggravated burglary and he received 18 and a half years – a prison term of 13 years and six months and five years on extended licence.

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Lee Wild – who admitted causing fear of violence – was handed an 18-week prison term. Reed was in tears in court earlier this year as she pleaded guilty to encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence – the offence being arson with recklessness as to whether life would be endangered.

"I had no idea that Carl was going to take it as far as he did... I did not expect at any point that anyone would suffer physical injury," she said in her basis of plea. She today has received a sentence of 32 months in jail.

Handing out the sentences, Judge Laird said: "Just before 8pm a fight occurred outside the bar. One participant produced a large knife. Carl Wild you were seen on CCTV revelling in the violence. You were refused entry back into the bar.

"A fist fight ensued between you and the owner of the bar, and he knocked you to the ground. Inside the club, Simone Reed, you head-butted the owner Mr Jarvis. Carl Wild and Simone Reed, and her sister, drove in her car to a nearby petrol station. Wild you selected a jerry can, alcohol and a bottle of bleach. You filled the jerry can with petrol.

"Simone Reed, you paid for the items and you placed the petrol can in your car. Simone, you demanded to go back into the bar to collect your telephone. When that was refused, you threatened to petrol-bomb the bar."

Judge Laird added: "Lee Wild, you arrived in a Range Rover. Carl Wild appeared, you can be seen on CCTV lighting an improvised petrol bomb, made from the bottle of alcohol. You were carrying a car jack and a bottle of bleach. You threw the petrol bomb at [the victim's] back. It exploded into flames and engulfed his head, face and shoulders.

"Carl Wild you squirted bleach on terrified customers – who feared they would be set alight. You proceeded to smash up the bar. The DJ tried to prevent you from damaging his mixing desk, so you attacked him. As you left, you smashed the window of the car where the bar owner’s heavily pregnant partner sat."

Giving the sentencing, Judge Laird also said of their decision to jail Reed: "You drove Carl Wild to the petrol station where he obtained the items to make the petrol bomb. You paid for the items. You threatened the landlord to petrol bomb the pub," but the judge did accept that Reed was remorseful for what had happened.

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