Two teenagers who travelled from Scotland to carry out a coordinated five-hour spree of petrol bomb attacks across Pontypridd and Caerphilly have each been sentenced to nine years and nine months in custody at Cardiff Crown Court.
Yasin Hussain, 18, born 10 April 2008, and Adam Taylor-Morris, 19, born 10 May 2007, both of no fixed abode, appeared in the dock for sentence on Monday 2 November 2026 having previously entered formal guilty pleas to three counts of arson with intent to endanger life following a multi-force investigation led by South Wales Police.
The prosecution outlined that Hussain and Taylor-Morris were driven down from Scotland on the day of the offences, Monday 1 June 2026, by Taylor-Morris’s sister, 24-year-old Danni Taylor, from Perth and Kinross.
The first attack took place at approximately 4am on Porcher Avenue in Glyncoch, Pontypridd. A family inside the residence were woken when a brick was thrown through their living room window. Immediately afterwards, a lit ‘Molotov cocktail’ was hurled at the broken pane, though the device failed to enter the room and shattered on the ground outside before Hussain and Taylor-Morris fled the scene.
Following the initial incident, the pair took a taxi to the Caerphilly area, striking a second residential address on Wallis Drive at around 7am that same morning. A brick was thrown through a window, followed by a glass bottle filled with petrol which ignited upon impact inside the property, though the resulting blaze was rapidly extinguished.
Hussain and Taylor-Morris then boarded another taxi back to Glyncoch, arriving at Pearson Crescent at approximately 9am. CCTV and phone evidence captured the pair loitering outside for several minutes before approaching the house. With Taylor-Morris recording the incident on his mobile phone, Hussain placed a lit Molotov cocktail directly through an open living room window, setting the room alight.
Following the sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court, Detective Constable Connor Michael, of South Wales Police, stated:
“These were deliberate and dangerous arson attacks which could’ve had devastating consequences, including serious injury or loss of life. The sentences handed down reflect the severity of the offenders’ actions, and we hope they serve as a warning that such reckless behaviour will not be tolerated. We would also like to thank Police Scotland and Gwent Police for their assistance throughout the investigation.”
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Sentencing Hussain and Taylor-Morris, the presiding judge highlighted the calculated nature of the coordinated attacks and the grave danger posed to innocent occupants, imposing custodial sentences of nine years and nine months on both defendants.
Co-defendant Danni Taylor, 24, of Perth and Kinross, who previously pleaded guilty to participating in the criminal activities of an organised crime group, will be sentenced at a later date.
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