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Times
14-05-2025
- Times
Drug dealer jailed for killing boy, 7, in ‘cannabis lab' explosion
A drug dealer whose cannabis gummy factory caused an explosion in a block of flats which killed a seven-year-old boy has been jailed for 14 years. Reece Galbraith, 33, was using gas canisters to run a 'drug lab', which exploded in October last year. Archie York, who lived in the flat above, died in the blast, as did Jason Laws, 35, a friend of Galbraith's who was helping to run the drug factory in Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne. Archie was asleep on the sofa when his home was 'blown apart'. His mother, Katherine Errington, and his seven-week old brother, Finley, were pulled alive from the rubble. The explosion destroyed six of the 12 flats in the block and left many families homeless. Galbraith was found
The Guardian
14-05-2025
- The Guardian
Man sentenced for Newcastle house explosion that killed a seven-year-old boy
Reece Galbraith has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a huge explosion killed two people, including a seven-year-old boy, in the Benwell area of Newcastle. The court heard that the blast was the result of a dangerous and criminal drug lab making cannabis gummy sweets using 100 gas cannisters
