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A man who started a fire at his former partner's home in Aberdeenshire having warned there was "no chance" she would escape has been jailed.

Michal Morawski, 32, admitted wilful fireraising in Fraserburgh in April last year.

The victim discovered the blaze at the front door of her property and was able to put it out with buckets of water.

Morawski was jailed for four-and-a-half years at the High Court in Glasgow.

The court had heard Morawski was shouting: “I’m going to burn the house. There will be no chance you will leave."

In the early hours of the morning she discovered the fire at her front door.

She immediately called the emergency services before extinguishing the fire with buckets of water.

Fire crews went on to detect a smell of petrol. It was concluded that, had the water not been at hand, there could have been a fatality.

Judge David Young KC cut the jail-term from six years and nine months due to the guilty plea.