A woman set fire to her friend's room as she lay in it unconscious on New Year's Eve then tried to stop attempts to rescue her.
Natalia Pattinson had been out with victim Rebecca Collins in Newcastle but Miss Collins left and went back to the hostel on Denmark Street, Byker, where both women lived, around 10pm. Pattinson followed her back shortly afterwards and was in an "agitated and aggressive" state.
Miss Collins was very drunk and ended up slumped unconscious in her room as Pattinson removed items belonging to herself and took them to her room before setting two seats of fire using alcohol as an accelerant. The fire alarm went off and the one member of staff on duty came to try to help but Pattinson tried to stop her rescuing Miss Collins.
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