No change in five-year sentence for man who set fire to family home with four kids inside

A man who set fire to his family home while four young children were inside has lost an appeal against the severity of his five-year jail term.

John Kelly (51), pleaded guilty to arson of the family home at Bruhenny, Churchtown, Mallow, Co Cork on December 18, 2016 when the four children aged 11, eight, six and two were inside.