A mum-of-three who used a can of petrol and paper to set fire to her home insisted it 'didn't feel like arson', a court has heard.
Charlene Brown caused damage worth £2,400 after lighting a blaze in one of the rooms of her house. Emergency services raced out to the scene and found Brown 'with her head in her hands' in a neighbour's living room.
She reportedly told police she hoped to do a 'three-year stretch' behind bars. But Brown walked free from court, Chronicle Live reports.
South East Northumberland Magistrates' Court heard that Brown's home was already in 'substantial disarray' before the fire. READ MORE: 'Flooded floors, collapsed ceilings, buildings condemned...
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