Declan Gilluley placed firelighters on a sofa and armchair while the family were asleep upstairs
A man has been jailed after he deliberately set fire to a family home.
Declan Gilluley, 26, was staying at the property in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, when he placed firelighters on a sofa and armchair and set them alight on 22 October.But at Nottingham Crown Court he pleaded guilty to reckless arson and was jailed for six years.Det Con Gareth Peace, of Nottinghamshire Police, described his actions at the property in Cox's Lane as "reckless in the extreme".
"He set several fires downstairs as his victims were sleeping above him and could easily have cost multiple people their lives. "I am pleased that he later accepted full responsibility for what he did and that he is now serving a significant jail sentence."
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