Firebug mum is locked up.A WOMAN who started a fire at her neighbour's front door was jailed for two years yesterday.Lorraine Hamilton put the lives of children and a baby sleeping inside at risk when she lit a bin. But she got the rest of her neighbours This article is about an Australian soap opera. For other articles with similar names, see Neighbours (disambiguation). Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began its run in March 1985. out of the six-flat block and called the fire brigade, Falkirk Sheriff Court heard. The 49-year-old - who has two previous fire-raising convictions - told police she sparked the blaze because she "didn't like" the man who lived there. Stephen Biggam, defending, said mum-of-two Hamilton had been drinking before she started the blaze at 5am. He added: "She had heard rumours the person at which this was directed had carried out an assault on his daughter." Hamilton admitted wilful wil·ful adj. Variant of willful. wilful or US willful Adjective 1. determined to do things in one's own way: a wilful and insubordinate child fire-raising at the flats in Falkirk last November. Sheriff Craig Caldwell told Hamilton her: "Among your previous convictions, there are two for this offence, so there is no alternative to a substantial custodial sentence custodial sentence n → pena de prisión custodial sentence n → peine f de prison custodial sentence n → ." |
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