Article: Jak's lovely house is in cinders.

Arsonists have wrecked a Leamington allotment holder's life by razing her picturesque summer house to the ground.

The riverside fixture - which stood for 50 years - had become St Mary's Allotments chairman Jak Sheridan's second home. But all that now remains of her pride and joy, which was worth around [pounds sterling]3,000, is charred cinders.

Tools, a boat, musical instruments and priceless pieces of artwork were also destroyed. Nothing was insured. Miss Sheridan said: "This has wrecked my life - that's what I want the kids who probably thought it was a nice bonfire to know. For five years I put an incredible amount of work into the summer house and I ...

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