The woman who was photographed leaping from a burning building in the most iconic image of the summer riots had filmed the man accused of starting the blaze, a court heard yesterday. Monika Konczyk, 32, had captured Gordon Thompson on her mobile phone allegedly setting fire to a 150-year-old family furniture store opposite her home in Croydon, south London. Miss Konczyk, a shop assistant from Poland, then retreated to her flat where she thought she would be safe. Riot drama: Monika Konczyk (left) had allegedly captured Gordon Thompson (right) on her mobile phone However, the heat and embers from the blaze set fire to the block of flats she lived in on the other side of the road.
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Shop assistant Monika Konczyk was forced to leap from first floor window during riots blaze
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