A man torched a property while four children were asleep inside - having been left home alone for a sleepover. Mickel Munn set fire to the house then alerted a neighbour and even rescued one of the terrified youngsters in a possible ploy to appear 'heroic'.
The youngsters woke up in darkness and surrounded by smoke in the Birmingham property. It was by sheer 'good fortune' they escaped the burning building avoiding serious harm or worse, a judge concluded.
Munn claimed he could not remember the incident, which happened in 2020. But he accepted the evidence against him and pleaded guilty to a charge of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered, BirminghamLive reports.
