A man who set three fires including in the bedroom of a terraced house said he was doing it for attention, a court heard.
Kci Hopkins appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to three counts of arson with intent to endanger life or being reckless as to whether life was endangered. Christopher Hopkins, prosecuting, detailed that on April 16 last year, Hopkins was living in housing association accommodation in Birkenhead run by the Beacon Project, which has 64 rooms over three blocks.
The 20-year-old was in his flat with Shannon McMahon, and set a plastic bag on fire in his room while she was present, and ignored her pleas for him to stop. Hopkins continued to set another two bags alight using a lighter, and actually sprayed deodorant onto the bags to ignite them further.
