Overview
- The car was deliberately set on fire outside Campbell Hatton’s house, with CCTV shared by Campbell showing two people dousing the vehicle before it was ignited.
- Police said the incident is being treated as a suspected targeted attack with no wider risk to the public and that no arrests have been made as enquiries continue.
- Emergency crews extinguished the blaze and later worked with Cadent to make the area safe after a fractured gas main left responders on scene for about four and a half hours.
- Campbell Hatton described the vehicle as one of the few sentimental items he had from his late father and has offered a cash reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
- Officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Tameside district have asked anyone with information or footage to contact 101, the force live chat quoting log number 4273 of 29/06/2026, or Crimestoppers anonymously.