Big Brother star Simone Reed has been jailed for helping her boyfriend in a petrol bomb attack at a busy nightclub.
Ms Reed, 36, drove to a garage to buy petrol for a Molotov cocktail before her partner Carl Wild, 34, threw the firebomb at a man’s head and set him alight.
The pair were seen kissing and hugging at the petrol station as they bought the fuel to make the weapon for the horrifying attack.
While outside the nightclub in Redcar, North Yorkshire, on February 15, the couple became embroiled in a violent row with another reveller.
They were just feet away from victim David Brotton when the makeshift weapon was thrown at him outside a bar, instantly setting his head aflame.
The victim can be seen on disturbing CCTV footage jumping backwards and hauling himself to the ground in an attempt to quell the fire.
Wild was then seen storming into Peggy Junes Bar in Queen Street, just after 8pm, before hitting out at clubbers, destroying furniture and stealing from the till.
Three people were taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries following the altercation, Cleveland Police said in a statement at the time.
Former Big Brother contestant Simone Reed, 36, admitted encouraging or assisting arson during a violent incident in Redcar, North Yorkshire, in February
CCTV images show the moment Reed’s friend Carl Wild, 24, threw a Molotov cocktail at the head of fellow reveller David Brotton
Reed – who has also appeared on TV shows such as The X Factor and On Benefits – has now been for two years and eight months
And at Teesside Crown Court, glamour model Reed – who appeared on Big Brother in 2017 – cried as she was jailed for two years and eight months after admitting encouraging or assisting arson, the Sun reports.
However, on the eve of the case being heard, she seemed more concerned about where was best to get a boob job.
‘Best place to go for getting your boobs done?’, she posted online.
‘Not that I have s*** ones, just want to get them lifted and more round. Getting old now aren’t I? I’m 37 next month.’
Reed – from Eaglescliffe, Teesside – also posed with an electronic tag on her ankle for a photo on her social media following her arrest.
During the trial, prosecutor Nick Dry outlined the events of February 15 this year at the Peggy Junes Bar in the seaside town.
Before the incident, an unconnected fight broke out between two men, with one bringing out a machete.
An unconnected fight began outside the pub between two men, one of whom produced a machete to attack the other with.
Wild had been out to watch the fight and was ‘gleefully revelling in the violence’ before bar owner Paul Jarvis refused him reentry into the venue.
Wild responded by shouting: ‘I will burn the place down, I will kill your lass and your kids’.
The bar boss and Wild then got into a fist fight, which left Wild on the ground for a short period of time.
Reed then came to the rescue of her boyfriend, yelling abuse at Mr Jarvis before headbutting him and running outside.
Reed, from Eaglescliffe in Teesside, posed with an electronic tag around her ankle for a photograph on her social media following her arrest earlier this year
Their victim can be seen on disturbing CCTV footage – jumping backwards and hauling himself to the ground in an attempt to quell the fire
The couple then drove to a nearby Esso, where CCTV showed them kissing as they filled a jerry can with petrol.
They also bought glass bottles of alcohol, rags and a bottle of bleach and returned to Peggy June’s.
When back at the bar, Reed repeated the threats to the bar owner that the venue was going to be petrol bombed.
Wild then lit the petrol bomb and threw it at the head of David Brotton, who had not been involved in any of the violence.
Wild then squirted him with bleach as he tried to accelerate the blaze.
His brother Lee Wild tried to stop people putting out the blaze as Wild headed into the venue to create further damage before smashing the car windscreen of a heavily pregnant woman’s Fiat 500 while she was inside.
Carl Wild, of Redcar, was jailed for 13 and a half years with a further five years on extended licence after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent, affray, aggravated burglary, criminal damage and assault.
Lee Wild, 37, was jailed for 18 weeks for threatening behaviour.
Paul Jarvis, who opened the pub in memory of his baby daughter, Peggy June, who died suddenly as a baby, described the attack as being ‘horrific’.
‘It will be embedded in my mind for the rest of my life,’ he told the court.
Mr Brotton suffered third degree burns to his back, neck, ears and head, and has been able to return to work part-time despite suffering severe physical and psychological effects, the court heard.
Ellen Wright, for Reed, said: ‘She is truly remorseful for what happened and accepts full responsibility for her part in the incident.’
Christopher Morrison, for Carl Wild, said earlier that day he had sought help for mental health problems at a local hospital, where he was given medication but had not been admitted.
Three people were taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries following the altercation, Cleveland Police said in a statement at the time
Reed, pictured with fellow contestant Sue Evans, entered the Big Brother house in 2017
Reed (pictured) claimed she was ‘removed’ from the crowd at the show’s live final, after spitting on her former housemate Andrew Cruickshanks.
In 2017, Big Brother evictee Reed claimed she was ‘removed’ from the crowd at the show’s live final, after spitting on her former housemate Andrew Cruickshanks.
The reality star took to Twitter to vent her frustration and insisted she ‘wasn’t bothered’ after being told she would not be allowed into the show’s wrap party following her actions.
Fans rushed to the social media site, now known as X, to slam Simone for her actions – branding her behaviour as ‘disgusting’.
She had been a late addition to that year’s series of Big Brother, as she entered the house along at the end of June.
Reed was among four contestants hoping to win a place in the house at the beginning of the series.
But she lost out to Tom Barber who was voted in as ‘the People’s Housemate’.
Reed’s addition to the show had been controversial, given a past history that saw her serve time in prison for six months after being found guilty of affray back in 2009.
Reed broke down into tears when she recalled her traumatic childhood in an interview with Emma Willis after leaving the Big Brother house.
She said at the time: ‘Growing up as a child I witnessed heavy drug taking, I’ve not had a father until I was 18 – I visited prisons for half of my childhood.’
She auditioned in 2014 for The X Factor but did not make it as far as the live shows.
