Ian Claughton, 60, jailed after setting up crow scarers, stun guns and homemade flame-thrower to deter intruders
A drug dealer has been jailed for seven years after rigging a series of houses with Home Alone-style booby traps to deter intruders.
Ian Claughton, 60, was found guilty of several drugs and firearms offences in November after standing trial at Doncaster crown court alongside his ex-wife Lesley Claughton, who was given a 21-month sentence suspended for two years.
The pair had been accused of being involved in the cannabis drug trade, growing and supplying the class B drug from three properties near Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
During the trial the court heard that Claughton and his then wife “heavily fortified” the houses, all of which were in Grimethorpe, a village on the outskirts of the town, using tools such as modified crow scarers, fishing wire, stun guns and even a homemade flame-thrower.
