A jury has found a man whose attempt to kill himself caused a “devastating” gas explosion not guilty of reckless endangerment and criminal damage charges. Terence Maguire (63) cut into a gas pipe in his Dublin home and took some sleeping tablets in a plan to kill himself from gas poisoning. A short time later he went to the back door of his home and lit a cigarette, causing a huge explosion. Mr Maguire accepted his actions of cutting the pipe and lighting the cigarette caused the explosion but said he had not intended them to do so. The jury heard details from written statements from neighbours who experienced the explosion shortly after 6pm on the Sunday evening of the bank holiday weekend.

Source: The Irish Times April 04, 2019 17:15 UTC