Overview

• On June 3 at Grimsby Crown Court, 34-year-old Jack Suddaby was sentenced to three years and nine months after pleading guilty to arson and recklessness endangering life
• On February 22 he built a bonfire, played loud music and drank heavily before the flames spread and destroyed a garden room valued at up to £70,000 and damaged a neighbouring fence
• Fire investigators discovered chemical accelerants mixed into the bonfire and the startled neighbour suffered shock while attempting to douse the blaze with a hosepipe
• Defence counsel highlighted Suddaby’s heavy drinking that night and his expressed remorse for the destruction
• Suddaby’s prior convictions include careless driving, assault offences, drug possession and a 14-month jail term in 2023