A drug dealer who rigged his house with booby-traps after being inspired by the Christmas classic Home Alone has been jailed for seven years. Ian Claughton used tripwires and home-made pipe bombs to protect his drugs business from would-be intruders. Around 100 homes in Grimethorpe, a former pit village in South Yorkshire, had to be evacuated in May 2024 as police searched three neighbouring houses connected to Claughton and his ex-wife. Image: Pic: Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit/PA They found a series of traps as well as a home-made flamethrower, large quantities of cannabis, amphetamines and cash. Mr Claughton was jailed for seven years at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday by Judge Graham Reeds, who said he was “a drug dealer who used these weapons to protect [his] cannabis growing operation”. His ex-wife, Lesley Claughton, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, suspended for two years. Opening the trial to jurors last October, prosecutor Helen Chapman said: “If you are sitting there thinking that this sounds a little like the film Home Alone, …