UK: Anger at teenagers who set man on fire

The family of a man who was set on fire and dumped in a river hit out at the two teenagers found guilty of his manslaughter in the UK today.

The family of a man who was set on fire and dumped in a river hit out at the two teenagers found guilty of his manslaughter in the UK today.

Thomas Orme, 15, and James Quantrill, 17, were found guilty today of setting light to 25-year-old Toby Atkin’s clothes, branding his face with a lighter, urinating on him and then dumping his unconscious body in the River Welland, in Spalding, Lincs, in the east of England.

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