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'You killed my son': Mother of cannabis lab explosion victim cries as drug dealer sentenced
A drug dealer who admitted to manslaughter after a house explosion, caused by gas canisters used to make cannabis sweets, has been jailed.
Reece Galbraith, 33, admitted to manslaughter over the deaths of Archie York, seven, and Jason "Jay" Laws, 35, after the blast in Violet Close in Benwell, Newcastle, on 16 October 2024. The former construction worker, who was also badly injured in the explosion, has been sentenced to 14 years.
Six properties divided into two flats each were destroyed in the explosion, which led to a major emergency services response and made families homeless. Archie was asleep when the blast ripped through the home he shared with parents Katherine and Robbie and his baby brother Finley.
Police investigating the explosion discovered that the flat operated by Galbraith and Laws was used as a "drugs lab" to produce cannabis concentrates, known as "shatter" or "butane honey oil.
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