Locked Up in July: The criminals put behind bars in Greater Manchester
manchestereveningnews.co.ukcourt cases our reporters have covered in July 2020. Children were forced to flee from an apartment block when their drunken neighbour set fire to his own flat.Anthony Doyle, 48, told fire crews he couldn’t escape when flames took hold in his flat at St David’s Court, in Cheetham Hill.Firefighters entered the property with breathing equipment but drunken Doyle “hid” from them and they were forced to use thermal imaging cameras to find and help him to safety, a court heard.Former bus driver Doyle was said to be “heavily intoxicated” during the incident last January 24 and has no memory of what happened.He has now been jailed for 27 months after pleading guilty to arson being reckless.Doyle, of St David’s Court, in Cheetham Hill, has previous.
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