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Family's home gutted by fire after ex-pal tried to murder them in their sleep

A man who tried to murder a former friend when he torched his home in the dead of night has been jailed.

Stephen Robertson started the blaze after falling out with Brian Hendry following a row over boxing gloves.

He was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow today after admitting attempting to murder Mr Hendry, his wife Nicola, both 48, and their 21-year-old deaf son Ethan.

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