Emergency services were called out to the home of Daniel Willerton in Birchwood, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, on the evening of 4 October 2021 after it was set ablaze.
Police learnt how Willerton, 47, had broken up with his girlfriend the previous day and turned aggressive after getting no reply to text messages that afternoon.
Firefighters contained the blaze within about half an hour before it had spread to neighbouring properties, but the damage to Willerton’s home was extensive.
Willerton appeared at Huntingdon Law Court on Monday (15 July) where he was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after previously admitting arson with recklessness as to endanger life.
