A woman who caused £30,000 of damage by setting fire to her home has been spared prison.
Troubled Wendy Walker sparked a blaze on a sofa in the living room then left the house and told a neighbour "I've rang the fire brigade, I'm sorry". The court heard Walker, who had been drinking, said at the scene of the blaze, at Gartland Road, Sunderland, in October 2020, that she "wanted to die".
Prosecutor Paul Rooney told Newcastle Crown Court : "She was described as covered in a black substance, mainly on her face and hands, which looked like soot."
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