Shocking moment a drug-fuelled arsonist poured a gallon of petrol on to the house of a deaf family sleeping inside before setting it on fire

Michael Douglas was paid £1,600 to target the victims by pouring petrol onto their house and then setting it alight in the early hours of the morning. The family CCTV's cameras pictured Douglas, who is profoundly deaf himself, and an accomplice running up to the house in Bradford, West Yorkshire, emptying a gallon of fuel and setting it alight before making their escape. Bradford Crown Court heard that the arsonist was drunk and high on cocaine and cannabis when he carried out the attack at 5am on May 26. He has been jailed for five years and three months after pleading guilty to arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered as well as a variety of motoring offences.