Lorry driver faces jail over fuel tanker crash A lorry driver who drove a tanker laden with 2,000 litres of fuel into the front of his family home in Dorset will be jailed. Christine Billington was in the bungalow's kitchen when her husband Hugh, 51, drove the seven-and-a-half tonne lorry loaded with kerosene through the front of the house in Wool on January 20 this year. Mrs Billington, who is understood to run a dog-grooming business, escaped through a window to a neighbour's house. Billington, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered, assault by beating, dangerous driving and theft but denied the more serious charge of arson with intent to endanger life, a plea that was accepted by the Crown. Judge Roger Jarvis told Billington at an earlier hearing: "You have made admissions to some very serious matters. Loss of liberty is inevitable. The assault charge relates to an attempt by off-duty special constable Trevor Knott to apprehend Billington following the tanker incident and Billington also admitted stealing a boiler suit and a rugby shirt from Oliver Towers on the same day as the tanker incident. Pictures released by the fire service showed the tanker crashed into the front of the bungalow, having smashed through the front wall and a set of windows. The front door was removed and the blaze was seen to have ripped through the house towards the back garden. A large red Watson Fuels tanker was backed away from the home, leaving tyre tracks across the front garden. Billington will be sentenced at Dorchester Crown Court.