A mother who set fire to the house where her children lived with her ex-husband while in a drunken rage has been jailed for three years, at Shrewsbury Crown Court last month.
The 43yr old from Wellington, lit paper with white spirit from a nearby garden shed before stuffing it through the letterbox of the house in Trench where her ex-husband and two children lived.
She started the fire on April 20 in an attempt to damage her ex’s motorbike leather jacket.
A fire report said the blaze could have resulted in a fatality. The door was destroyed by fire and £3,000 of damage was caused.
5th September, 2012
