A REWARD of up to £10,000 has been offered after a series of petrol bombings in Greenock that left a man dead, a mum seriously injured and a number of homes wrecked.

Crimestoppers believes that there may be people in the local community who know or have suspicions about who is behind the attacks.

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The first occurred on September 14 after a 46-year-old man died at a property in Union Street. Two days later, a flat in Wellington Street was firebombed.

A young girl who was in the property at the time was unharmed, but her mother was badly injured as a result of the fire. Later, a stolen white Suzuki Splash vehicle which is thought to be linked to the firebombing was discovered burnt out in Skye Street.

In another atrack on September 19, a house in Cumberland Road was targeted with a petrol bomb, which failed to smash the window. Garden furniture was damaged in the subsequent fire. Thankfully, the family inside were unharmed.

Finally on September 28, a fire was set deliberately at a property in Kincaid Court. Although no one was injured, residents had to be evacuated.

It’s believed this was also a targeted attack.

An electric blue coloured vehicle, possibly a BMW, was seen in the area when the fire was started.

It was first spotted at around 9.50pm driving down Ratho Street before entering Oakfield Terrace, it travelled past the junction with Kincaid Court before turning back on itself and turning into Kincaid Court.

Two men got out and ran towards the block of flats before returning to the car. The same vehicle left Kincaid Court a short time later, turning left onto Oakfield Terrace travelling towards Ratho Street and again turning left and travelling towards East Hamilton Street. Around ten minutes later, the electric blue coloured vehicle was seen travelling back down Ratho Street onto Oakfield Terrace and into Kincaid Court and three men were seen to get out and run towards the block of flats. Minutes later all three ran back to the vehicle and it drove away travelling along Oakfield Terrace, left on Ratho Street and towards East Hamilton Street.

All of the above incidents are likely to be linked.

Crimestoppers is now offering a reward of up to £10,000 for anonymous information the charity exclusively receives - via its website Crimestoppers-uk.org or by phone on 0800 555 111 - that leads to the conviction of the person or people responsible for the series of recent spate.