A woman's house was left uninhabitable when it was petrol bombed as she slept. Ellie Haigh, 26, was asleep when a brick and a petrol bomb was launched into her lounge in Newton Aycliffe home.

The accounts manager was awoken by the sound of her neighbours, and it was only when she got outside, she realised her house was on fire. Ellie's three-bedroom house was attacked by mistake, and it has now been left uninhabitable until over £50,000 worth of repairs are carried out.

The fire and smoke damage has affected every room - with thick black smoke marks left behind. Ellie, an accounts manager, said: "I went to bed really early because I was going to the gym in morning. I'd been asleep for an hour, and I woke up to the sound of men's voices near the house at around 8pm.

"I looked out the wi

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