'You were lucky nobody was killed': Cork man jailed for causing fireball at door of terraced home

Video shown in court saw the culprit squirt petrol on the door and throw lighting paper at it while a man and younger boy were inside

The court was told the accused behaved atrociously after his arrest. File picture: Larry Cummins

A video was shown in court of a man squirting petrol on the door of a terraced house and throwing a lighting paper at it causing a fireball. On Friday, the culprit was sentenced to four and a half years.

Judge Helen Boyle imposed a sentence of five years with the last six months suspended and backdated to the time of the incident in February when the accused, 28-year-old Warren McGrath, of Curraheen Lawn, Bishopstown, Cork, went into custody.