BIG Brother contestant Simone Reed was jailed today for helping to arrange a terrifying petrol bomb attack at a bar during a night of “Wild West” mayhem.
Reed, 36, and her boyfriend Carl Wild kissed and hugged at a petrol station as they bought the fuel to make the Molotov cocktail.
Former Big Brother contestant Simone Reed bought petrol for a Molotov cocktail used in a horrific attack outside a bar
Carl Wild threw the petrol bomb at a man from just a few feet away
Weeks after the attack, Reed posed for bikini shots wearing the electronic tag used to monitor her
They drove back to the nightspot where Wild hurled it at a man’s head from point blank range.
Shocking CCTV footage showed flames engulfing the victim as he thrashed around on the ground in a desperate bid to extinguish them.
Glamour model Reed, who also appeared on X Factor, sobbed as she was jailed after admitting an arson offence, Teesside Crown Court heard.
But on the eve of the case she appeared to be more concerned about getting a boob job.
She posted online the day before her appearance: “Best place to go for getting your boobs done?
“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.”
And she added: “I got my done in this country but think it’s gonna be for this one.”
She has also posted gym snaps showing her tag following her arrest over the attack at Peggy June’s bar, in Redcar, .
In the space of an hour the bar saw a machete fight, a fist fight, a petrol bombing and a stampede of customers fleeing Wild, 34, as he squirted bleach around the crowded venue.
Prosecutor Nick Dry outlined the events of February 15 this year in the seaside town, which had started like any ordinary Friday night.
An unconnected fight began outside the pub between two men, one of whom produced a machete to attack the other with.
Mr Dry said: “Carl Wild had been inside the bar but went outside to watch.
“He was gleefully revelling in the violence and applauded the knife wielder before walking off with him.”
Wild returned expecting to be allowed back into the bar but owner Paul Jarvis had other ideas and refused him entry.
Wild responded by yelling: “I will burn the place down, I will kill your lass and your kids” and challenged Mr Jarvis to a fist fight.
The bar boss accepted the showdown and stepped outside, delivering a ferocious beating which left Wild motionless on the ground for a short period of time.
It was then that Reed became involved, coming to the rescue of her boyfriend and yelling abuse at Mr Jarvis before headbutting him and running outside.
The pair then drove to a nearby Esso station where they were caught on CCTV embracing as they filled a jerry can with petrol and bought glass bottles of alcohol, rags and a bottle of bleach before returning to Peggy June’s.
Reed repeated her threats to the bar owner that the venue was going to be petrol bombed.
Moments later Wild lit the petrol bomb and threw it at the head of David Brotton, who until that point had not been involved in any of the violence.
As Mr Brotton dropped to the ground in a desperate bid to extinguish the flames, Wild squirted him with bleach in the hope of accelerating the blaze.
Wild’s brother Lee tried to stop people putting out the blaze as Wild headed into the bar intent on causing more mayhem in what witnesses described as “a night straight out of the Wild West.”
Mr Dry said: “He entered the bar deliberately squirting bleach as he advanced on terrified staff and customers, causing a mass panic and stampede towards the back of the bar where the doors were locked.
“Those inside feared they were about to be set on fire.
“Wild set about smashing fixtures and fittings. The DJ tried to stop destroying the mixing desk and he was struck with a car jack and squirted in the face with bleach.
“The defendant then stole the till and cash and smashed the front window of the establishment as he left.”
As he left the area he smashed the windscreen of a heavily pregnant woman’s 500 as she was sitting inside it.
Paul Jarvis opened the pub in memory of his baby daughter, Peggy June, who died suddenly as a baby, leaving the family devastated.
In a statement he told the court: “The attack on my bar was horrific and will be embedded in my mind for the rest of my life.
“The financial consequences have been devastating, it had to be completely refurbished. It was destroyed that night.”
Reed, of Eaglescliffe, Teesside, who has five children aged 18 to four,
She admitted assisting an intended arson at a previous hearing.
Judge Francis Laird, KC, the Recorder of , jailed her for two years and eight months.
He told her: “The offence intended was to petrol bomb a crowded public house during one of its busiest times. You drove Carl Wild to the petrol station where he obtained the necessary items to make a petrol bomb. You paid for the items and placed the petrol in your car.
“You drove him part of the way back to the pub and when at the pub you threatened the landlord that the premises would be petrol bombed.”
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.
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 he had significant mental health problems and earlier that day had sought help from a local hospital where he had been given medication but had not been admitted.
The heard that Mr Brotton suffered third degree burns to his back, neck, ears and head.
He has returned to work part-time but suffered severe physical and psychological effects of the attack.
Who is Simone Reed?
Simone Reed is a 36-year-old mum from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.
On social media, she claims to be a ‘Glamour model , Singer and TV personality’.
She also appeared on ITV talent show the X Factor, making it through to the third round of live shows in 2014.
The model also took part on reality show On Benefits, where she blamed being unemployed on ‘immigration’.
In 2014, a video of Simone stripping to her underwear in a job centre went viral.
She claimed the stunt was a protest against benefits sanctions.
In 2017, she was one of four people on Big Brother launch night who had to appeal to the public to vote them in to the house.
Unfortunately she lost out to fellow contestant Tom Barber.
But she was given a second chance and entered the house on week number five of the show, before being evicted two weeks later.
