Police arrest four people over explosion that killed 'beautiful' two-year-old ...

Police arrest four people over explosion that killed 'beautiful' two-year-old ...
Police arrest four people over explosion that killed 'beautiful' two-year-old ...
Police arrest four people including two for manslaughter over explosion that killed 'beautiful' two-year-old toddler after gas pipe was cut inside neighbour's house Two-year-old George Arthur Hinds died following the blast in Heysham Police said four arrests have been made in connection with the explosion George's parents Vicky Studholme and Stephen Hinds were also injured  Man, 44, and woman, 51, arrested on suspicion of manslaughter 

Police have arrested four people in connection with an explosion that killed a two-year-old boy when a gas pipe was cut inside a neighbour's house. 

Lancashire Police previously said detectives and gas experts discovered the cause of the explosion in Heysham was a gas pipe which had been cut inside number 20 Mallowdale Avenue.

George Arthur Hinds, who was just two years and ten months old, died following the blast at the property on Sunday, May 16, which caused two houses to collapse. George's parents Vicky Studholme and Stephen Hinds, who lived at number 18, were also injured but not seriously.

Two other people, a man and a woman, received hospital treatment and have since been discharged. 

George Arthur Hinds, aged two years and 10 months, was killed by the blast on Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham, Lancashire

George Arthur Hinds, aged two years and 10 months, was killed by the blast on Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham, Lancashire

On Tuesday two people, a 44-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. They have since been released on police bail pending further enquires.

A second man, 54 was also arrested on suspicion of theft, criminal damage and abstracting electricity. A third man, 47, was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods. They have both been released under investigation.

Detectives are also now hoping to speak to anyone who was seen at 20 Mallowdale Avenue in the days leading up to the explosion. 

Detective Chief Insp Jane Webb, of the Force Major Investigation Team, said: 'These arrests mark a significant point in our investigation, however our enquiries are still ongoing.

Emergency workers at the scene of the explosion, in which two-year-old George was killed and two people were seriously injured in Heysham

Emergency workers at the scene of the explosion, in which two-year-old George was killed and two people were seriously injured in Heysham 

'I would appeal to anyone who has any information that they think could assist with our investigation to please get in touch with us, specifically anyone who may have attended 20 Mallowdale in the days prior to the explosion.

'George's parents

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