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May. 19th, 2008 01:44 pm"A man walked free from court today after he admitted setting alight an RAF pilot who was dressed as a sheep for a fancy dress party."
Phillip Buckingham, 24, set fire to the costume made from cotton wool and pillows at a boozy graduation party at the Linton-on-Ouse air base, in North Yorkshire, in November.
His victim, Martin Geraghty, 26, suffered 13% burns in the incident, which followed a traditional piano-burning ceremony that dates back to the second world war.
Phillip Buckingham, 24, set fire to the costume made from cotton wool and pillows at a boozy graduation party at the Linton-on-Ouse air base, in North Yorkshire, in November.
His victim, Martin Geraghty, 26, suffered 13% burns in the incident, which followed a traditional piano-burning ceremony that dates back to the second world war.