A couple has been charged over the death of a two-year-old boy in a gas explosion. Sharon Greenham, 51, and Darren Greenham, 44, are accused of the manslaughter of George Arthur Hinds. Emergency services were called to the scene in Mallowdale Avenue, Heysham, Lancashire, in the early hours of 16 May. They found two houses had collapsed with a third seriously damaged. George died as a result of the blast at his home, while his parents, Vicky Studholme and Stephen Hinds, were also injured and later discharged from hospital. The force said a criminal investigation assisted by gas experts had identified the cause of the blast as a gas pipe that had been cut in the property next door. The Greenhams have also been charged with theft. Lancashire police said the couple, who now live in Ambleside Avenue, Lancaster, will appear at Lancaster magistrates court on 12 January.