An arsonist who put a firework through a woman's letterbox has been jailed.
Robert Anthony Wilkinson had been arguing with the victim in the street last August before leaving and returning with the fireworks. He then lit them and put them through the letterbox at an address in Shotton Colliery, trapping the woman inside.
The victim managed to escape through a window, but home was badly damaged with the fire spreading to children's bedrooms in the property. The children were playing out at the time but investigators noted that the fire could have been fatal if the children had been at home as it spread so quickly.
