Two teenagers have been locked up for a firework attack which led to the death of widower in his terraced home in east London.
In the years leading up to the attack, Robert Price, 76, had been the target of a prolonged campaign of harassment and criminal damage, the Old Bailey was told.
Nathan Otitodilchukwu, 18, and a 16-year-old who cannot be named due to his age threatened to "torch" the pensioner before punching a hole in his window and pushing a firework into his home on Oval Road North, Dagenham, last July.
The pair had admitted manslaughter and were sentenced on Monday by Judge Rebecca Trowler KC.
Otitodilchukwu was jailed for six years and the youth was handed a custodial sentence of two years and eight months.
Judge Trowler told the younger boy: "Mr Price lost his life in circumstances of a planned attack where I am sure you intended some harm, and in any event it was highly reckless as to the risk of harm."
She noted the older defendant had "poor impulse control" and a "lack of appreciation of the impact on others".
However, his was a "determined effort to carry out this offence and cause harm just short of serious harm", she said.
The judge accepted that the younger defendant may have been "encouraged" by the older teenager who had previously been involved in criminal behaviour.
She also noted that he had expressed "remorse" and awareness of the "gravity" of the offence.
