Neighbour admits killing boy, two, in gas explosion Destroyed houses in Buckley Street, Oldham: two-year-old Jamie Heaton was killed and neighbour Anthony Partington suffered serious burns. A man has admitted killing a two-year-old boy after causing a massive explosion when he cut the gas pipes in his house. Andrew Partington, 27, an unemployed father of six, let his house in Shaw, Oldham, fill with gas overnight. Jamie Heaton was killed in the explosion. Photograph: Greater Manchester Police/PA Next door, Jamie Heaton, described by his family as a "happy, loving little boy," had been watching television in the lounge with his father Kenny out at work and mother Michelle doing housework. The explosion "obliterated" Partington's rented terrace house and two neighbouring homes, with the rest of the row and surrounding streets also left devastated. Shocked neighbours searched the wreckage and found the youngster's body in the debris. Partington, who was seriously injured in the incident, appeared at Manchester crown court by videolink from jail on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and eight charges of destroying neighbouring houses in the blast on Buckley Street, Shaw, Oldham, on 26 June.