A man who started a blaze outside his Birmingham home while his family slept inside has been jailed for more than three years.
Naveed Bashir struck after being thrown out because of his anti-social behaviour. He piled rubbish on to a burning wheelie bin outside their front door, but his sister saw what was happening and raised the alarm.
Bashir, 29, who had previously admitted a charge of reckless arson, was jailed for three years and eight weeks.
On August 24 family members, including Bashir’s grandparents and younger siblings, had gone to bed only for his 17-year-old sister to be awoken at around midnight when she heard her brother who appeared to be speaking to someone outside.
