Arsonist jailed for life after setting man on fire in Grimsby
An arsonist who is already serving a prison sentence following a nine-hour rooftop standoff with police has been jailed for setting a man alight as he tried to escape a flat fire.
Ryan Tomney, 29, was locked up for seven years in 2023 for an offence of affray after taking to the roof of a property in Lincoln Boulevard, Grimsby.
Several homes were evacuated and a number of vehicles and houses were damaged as Tomney threw bricks at police during the incident on 28 April 2022.
He had scaled the building as officers tried to arrest him over an incident four days earlier, when he set fire to a man as he fled a flat at St Luke's Court, in Heneage Road, Grimsby.
Hull Crown Court heard Tomney had started a fire in the flat and then set the victim's BMW alight.
A woman who was staying with the victim raised the alarm and he emerged from his flat wearing only his boxer shorts.
Tomney then doused the 51-year-old man in flammable liquid and set him alight as he tried to get out.
A number of residents poured water over the victim in an attempt to put the fire out.
The victim sufferd 30% burns and spent five days in intensive care. He had subsequently died from unrelated causes, the court heard.
Tomney, of Normandy Road in Cleethorpes, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and arson with intent to danger life.
He was given a life sentence with a minimum term of eight years.
Judge John Thackray KC said CCTV footage of the incident was "horrific to watch"."It must have been terrifying for him and his female friend. It caused horrendous injuries and you made the remainder of his life a misery. He was in significant pain."
Det Con Scott Jackson, of Humberside Police, said: 'Tomney is a violent individual who attended the flat with one motive – to cause significant harm.
'The value of damage caused to the flat at St Luke's Court totalled over £15,000, but that is nothing compared to the suffering caused to the man injured in the incident."
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