THE two men responsible for setting fire to a Merseyside student during a drunken party were jailed yesterday.

University of Chester student Glenn Collins, 18, was left with 20% first, second and third degrees burns to his face and chest after the “flamethrower” stunt went wrong.

The Skelmersdale man, who previously attended Southport College, was left scarred for life.

Australians Jack Brown, 20, and Rohan Foley, 21, were both jailed for 14 months yesterday at Manchester crown court.

Friends who were in the flat on the night recalled the “horrible” smell of burning flesh after Brown and Foley decided to douse their friend in “overproof” rum before setting him alight with a cigarette lighter.

Brown and Foley, who cried in court as their parents looked on from the public gallery, had pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm at an earlier hearing.

The court heard how Mr Collins was recently upset when a child referred to his scarred face.

Michael Lavery, prosecuting, said: “One witness described seeing Glenn on fire and described how his T-shirt had started to stick to him. Another said it was Glenn’s skin which was on fire, the flames coming all over his chest.

“She described how Glenn was screaming in agony and how the smell of burning flesh struck her as horrible.”

Mr Lavery said the group of friends had gone out on the night of June 9 in Manchester to celebrate Foley’s 21st birthday and spent the evening drinking beer and shots of Wray Nephews rum, which was later doused on Collins while he slept.