Two teenagers who launched Molotov cocktails into a slew of family homes have been sentenced to a total of 19 years and six months behind bars.
Several video clips show Yasin Hussain, 18, and Adam Taylor-Morris, 19, launching blazing bottles as the pair targeted three houses in South Wales in six hours.
One clip showed Hussain brazenly dropping a Molotov cocktail through an open living room window, in broad daylight, setting the living room alight as Taylor-Morris filmed.
More footage, released by South Wales Police, showed one of the attacks where a petrol-filled bottle was hurled through a window and ignited on impact.
Taylor-Morris's sister, Danni Taylor, drove the pair from Scotland, and they took taxis between the three properties they targeted in attacks which could have caused 'serious injury or loss of life'.
The first attack was carried out on a family home on Porcher Avenue, Glyncoch, at around 4am on June 1, 2026.
The family were awoken by their window being smashed with a brick, which was then followed up with a Molotov cocktail.
However, it did not go through the damaged window and burst on the floor outside as the two yobs fled the scene.
Hussain and Taylor-Morris then took a taxi to Caerphilly, where a brick was thrown through a window at a home on Wallis Drive.
Several video clips show Yasin Hussain, 18, and Adam Taylor-Morris, 19, launching blazing bottles as the pair targeted three houses in South Wales in six hours
The brazen youths filmed the attack, which could have caused 'serious injury or loss of life', according to South Wales Police
Hussain and Taylor-Morris both pleaded guilty to three counts of arson with intent to endanger life and have both been sentenced to nine years behind bars
It was followed by a glass bottle filled with petrol, which ignited on impact but was extinguished quickly.
The duo then travelled by taxi to Pearson Crescent in Glyncoch, where they were seen loitering around an address at around 9am.
Taylor-Morris then dropped a Molotov cocktail through an open window, setting the room alight.
Both men later pleaded guilty to three counts of arson with intent to endanger life at Cardiff Crown Court.
Hussain, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to nine years and nine months in prison. Taylor-Morris, also of no fixed abode, received the same sentence.
Detective Constable Connor Michael said: '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.'
Danni Taylor, 24, from Perth and Kinross, who pleaded guilty to participating in the criminal activities of an organised crime group, will be sentenced at a later date.
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