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CCTV snares cross-eyed arsonist

CCTV snares cross-eyed arsonist
Andrew Burls, 23, from Peckham, was jailed for eight years for arson during the summer riots


Published: 5:24pm, 20th February 2012
Updated: 3:20pm, 21st February 2012

A cross-eyed arsonist who set fire to a shop and post office during the August riots has been jailed for eight years, after police spotted his unusual eyes on CCTV.

Andrew Burls, 23, started blazes at Regen's Lingerie boutique in Rye Lane, Peckham, south London, and a post office in the same street, during riots that spread across the capital last year.

The damage cost more than £1 million and left six people homeless.

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