Mum and son filmed themselves 'celebrating' after setting fire to ex's home

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A mum filmed herself and her son "openly celebrating" and "dancing" after setting fire to her ex-partner's boat, which he was living on.Jackie Lloyd, 54, and her son Adam Lloyd chanted "the roof is on fire" after using a lighter to ignite a cushion on the barge, leading to a blaze that completely destroyed the vessel on Bridgewater Canal at Canal Reach in Runcorn.

Just moments before starting the fire on September 7 last year, Jackie had called the boat's owner Peter Hill, her former boyfriend, and threatened to set it alight.Mr Hill was out driving in Lancashire at the time of the incident.

In shocking footage shown to Chester Crown Court on Tuesday, the drunken mother and son could be seen celebrating as the huge flames engulfed the boat, the Liverpool Echo reports.One clip showed Adam holding the lighter to the pillow while shouting "oh yeah" and "fire bro".

In another scene, Jackie can be heard talking in the background, with Adam telling the camera "that’s my ma by the way".The video also featured Adam chanting: “The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire" and his mother rambled "999 hurry up" and "999 go on".During a moment of clarity, Adam muttered: "Oh we’re in the s***."Peter Hussey, prosecuting, told how the fire took place shortly after Jackie Lloyd and Mr Hill ended their relationship.He added that Mr Hill was out driving and had ignored several phones calls from his former partner on the day of the arson attack, before eventually pulling his car over to answer the phone.Jackie, who was "dunk", asked him about some belongings she believed were on the barge, which he claimed to have in his possession, and told her to keep off the barge.She said she was going to board anyway and threatened to start a fire if he