Two jailed over Dalglish grenade plot

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LONDON, Feb 8, 2010 (AFP) - A British court jailed two men on Monday for leaving a live grenade outside the home of former Liverpool and Scotland footballer Kenny Dalglish.

The hand grenade was found on the garden wall of Dalglish's house in Southport, northwest England, last July, although the incident was not thought to be an attack on Dalglish or his family.

Carl Higgins, 29, was jailed for five years and Simon Lewis Ignacio, 28, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years over the planned arson attack. Another man, Mark Johnston, 21, will be sentenced on February 26.

Dalglish was not in the house at the time and nobody was injured in the incident, but an army bomb disposal team was called to remove the device.

The grenade was intended for an attack on a local businessman to pressure him into not giving evidence in a separate court case against the men. But the attack was thwarted after they were reported by a security guard.