A man who attacked someone in their home before later trying to set fire to the house has been jailed.

Oliver Kent

Matthew Pallett was accompanied by associates both times when he launched separate raids on the man’s property.

The first incident saw the 45-year-old show up at the house in Mansfield in the middle of the night while he was drunk.

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