A man has been handed a prison sentence after he set fire to a shop in Folkestone, following an altercation sparked by an attempted theft.
Shaun Brocklehurst, aged 42, found himself embroiled in a disturbing sequence of events on Sunday, August 13, 2023, when he attempted to pilfer alcohol from a grocery store situated on Cheriton High Street. Foiled in his theft attempt, an altercation ensued, during which Brocklehurst resorted to physical violence against another individual before vacating the premises.