'If I go, the house goes, it will all go up'...Paranoid dad convinced his girlfriend was sleeping with his best friend set house on fire
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA paranoid dad convinced his girlfriend was sleeping with his best friend set fire to their house. Firefighters raced to the scene after Ryan Lomax started the blaze in an apparent bid to commit suicide.
His sister bravely brought him to safety as the fire raged and destroyed the attic of the terraced house in Radcliffe, Bury. READ MORE : 'Polite young man' unmasked as EncroChat dealer who flogged drugs to live lavish lifestyle No-one was hurt and the blaze didn't spread to neighbouring homes, but it caused £80,000 worth of damage.
Lomax, 30, who has battled mental health problems, has now been jailed for arson. He had become 'extremely paranoid' and believed that his girlfriend of five years had been in a relationship with his best friend, which she 'vehemently denied', Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
She asked Lomax to leave the house they shared on Dean Street in the town, claiming she felt 'unsafe' with him in the property.
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