Jail for man who endangered lives of three generations of the same family

A woman in her 80s, her granddaughter and her 10-week-old great grandson were forced to take refuge in her back garden after the heat from the two blazing cars melted the front door shut, the court heard.

A former drug addict who admitted endangering the lives of three generations of the same family when he set two cars alight in their driveway has been jailed for six years.

A woman in her 80s, her granddaughter and her 10-week-old great grandson were forced to take refuge in her back garden after the heat from the two blazing cars melted the front door shut, a court has heard.