Her neighbours have since moved out after what happened on the night of August 2, 2022
The couple and their dogs were forced to flee their home in terror as Claire Shacklock began to set items on fire and launch them at their back door. They have been left convinced that they "could have died" during the arson attack, which was said to have "turned their lives upside down".
Mr Henderson was said to have fallen asleep on the sofa when his wife "saw out of the corner of her eye a flash in the back garden" which "looked like fire", followed by a "second flash which she immediately recognised to be flames". She realised that items which had been set alight were being thrown towards their property from Shacklock's garden, while she could also "smell a very strong smell of petrol".
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service subsequently attended the scene and extinguished the flames, with investigations establishing that the cause of the fire had been the "deliberate ignition of combustible items and liquids with a naked flame". The blaze caused damage to the back door, with Mr Blasbery adding: "If the fire had managed to breach the door, it could have spread into the kitchen and spread very quickly.
Matthew O'Neill, defending, told the court: "Ms Shacklock's mental health his improved significantly since this offence. There were clearly serious concerns over her mental health. "She had made various attempts to take her own life previously. The Ms Shacklock before you today is a different Ms Shacklock to the one setting alight her neighbour's property back in 2022.
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