'Destructive' identical twins doused themselves in fuel and tried to blow up Esso garage

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Identical twin sisters who threatened to blow up a petrol station after they doused themselves in fuel have been put behind bars.The pair covered themselves in the fuel using the petrol pumps at an Esso garage in Canterbury, Kent.Brittany and Bethany Lee, 23, ended up in a face-off with police as they made their sinister threat at 3am on April 10.READ MORE: Archie Battersbee's life support to be turned off tomorrow, family confirmsThe two were luckily saved by their dodgy lighter which broke as they tried to commit the deed, the Mail reports.Following proceedings at Canterbury Crown Court, they were sentenced to three years and nine months each.They told the police they were going to kill themselves.

They were found to be drunk at the time.Vishal Misra, prosecuting, said: "Officers were made aware of Bethany and Brittany being at Lakeside petrol station in Canterbury.“They stated in a phone call to police they planned on killing themselves and blowing the petrol station up.“Bethany Lee said she was seeking to set herself on fire and also the Esso petrol station.”The twins had tried to set themselves alight 20 minutes after police arrived, Mr Misra said. “Bethany was seen with a lighter, trying to discharge the lighter,” he continued.Realising they couldn’t get the fire to light the duo legged it.

A brief chase followed before they were finally caught.Video seen by the court showed the two dousing themselves in the flammable liquid for more than five minutes.The primary flow of fuel through the pumps had been cut off by garage staff, so only fuel left in the pipes was able to make it onto the women.When they appeared before the judge both of them had a substantial number of cuts and bruises on their faces.Brittany, of.