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George Lithgow

HISTORICAL FACTS: Terrified widower killed when teens torched house with firework court told - The Untold Story

Robert Price, 76, died from inhalation of fumes and burns following a fire at his house on Oval Road North, Dagenham, in east London on July 27 last year (Metropolitan Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A terrified widower died in a house fire started by two teenagers who let off a firework inside his home before running away laughing, a court heard.

In the years leading up to the attack, Robert Price, 76, had been the target of a prolonged campaign of harassment and criminal damage, prosecutors say.

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