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THE NEIGHBOUR WAS HORRIFIED TO DISCOVER THE FIRE AND TRIED TO USE A HOSEPIPE TO PUT THE FLAMES OUT BUT TO NO AVAIL, THE EXPENSIVE GARDEN ROOM WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED 09:51, 03 Jun

2025Updated 10:02, 03 Jun 2025 A neighbour's act of kindness was met with a shocking response when he trimmed the lawn of his fellow resident, only to have his £70,000 garden room set

ablaze in return. The fire was discovered too late for any attempts to extinguish it, and it quickly spiralled out of control. The blaze also damaged another neighbour's fence, posing a

risk to lives, according to court proceedings. Jack Suddaby, 34, from Downs Crescent, Hull, pleaded guilty to arson, recklessly endangering lives. He also admitted to damaging another

neighbour's fence panels through arson on February 22. David Godfrey, prosecuting at Grimsby Crown Court, revealed that the neighbours had previously enjoyed a good relationship.

However, upon returning from a brief stint in prison, Suddaby reacted aggressively rather than gratefully when he found his back garden lawn had been mowed by his neighbour. Around 6.45pm,

Suddaby started a bonfire, blasted loud music and drank by the fire, reports Hull Live. The neighbour retired to his garden room for the night, believing the bonfire had been extinguished.

However, more fuel had been added to the fire, and an ominous orange glow could be seen over the fence. When his neighbour alerted him to the inferno, he dashed out and grabbed a hosepipe to

battle the flames. "But the fire was out of control and there was little the neighbour could do as the garden room was destroyed," described Mr Godfrey. Article continues below

The plush garden room, valued between £50,000 and £70,000, was obliterated, leaving nothing but torched ruins. An adjacent neighbour's fence also fell victim to the fire. Emergency

services were on the scene at 9:27pm after the blaze was reported. Investigations by the fire service uncovered a mix of white vinegar and bleach at the scene. The neighbour later admitted

that Suddaby's unpredictable antics had left him quite shaken, resulting in shock from the evening’s events. In defence of Suddaby, Richard Butters stated that his client wasn't

obsessed with fire, but rather, had been consuming substantial quantities of booze. "That seems to be the root of the problem," Mr Butters asserted. "He regrets dreadfully

what he did. He feels horrible about it and he is showing genuine remorse." Suddaby perceived the neighbour's well-intentioned gesture of trimming his lawn as an unwelcome

encroachment. "It all blew up on the day and he had been drinking heavily," explained Mr Butters. Judge Richard Woolfall noted that the neighbour had spared no expense in making

his garden room sumptuous, which even boasted a wood burner. He remarked how fortunate it was that the neighbour hadn't dozed off in the bed inside the garden room. Suddaby has been

sentenced to three years and nine months behind bars. Back in January last year, it was reported that Suddaby had previously received a 14-month sentence at Hull Crown Court for offences

including careless driving, failing to provide a breath specimen, and failing to stop after an incident on June 27, 2023. At that time, he was violating a 21-month suspended sentence from

February 3, 2023 for assaulting his ex-partner, causing actual bodily harm, two counts of police assault, additional assaults, criminal damage, along with two drug possession charges. In the

previous court session, details emerged of how Suddaby wreaked havoc after losing control of his car around midnight, smashing into a signpost, tearing down a footpath, and battering walls

and fences outside residential properties. The catastrophe occurred when Suddaby was navigating Goddard Avenue near Newland Avenue, west of Hull, in his Vauxhall Merida. As he approached a

left bend around midnight, his speed caused him to lose control, career across the pavement towards the opposite side, and obliterate a traffic signpost. Article continues below The force

propelled the vehicle past parked cars, colliding with and seriously damaging front walls and fences of five homes before it tipped on its side. After extracting himself through a window,

Suddaby reassured a startled local, "I'm fine. I'm all good." He made a run for it from the crash site but was tracked down after his wallet, complete with bank cards and

driving licence, was discovered amidst the wreckage. He'd been on the booze prior to the smash-up but later refused to provide a breath sample, turning nasty and confrontational with

the coppers, as the court was informed that day. _FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND STORIES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE FROM THE DAILY STAR, SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS._