Mum Burned Down House Hours After Getting Eviction Notice

Mum burned down her house hours after getting eviction notice

A mum-of-three who torched her own home hours after she was served with an eviction notice has been jailed for almost for four years.

Jordaine Liddle, 25, was told to vacate the mid-terraced house after she failed to pay rent and left the property in a poor condition.

After receiving the news, she set three different fires around her the home in Salford late at night while drunk before going to stay with friends nearby.

As the fire took hold and as neighbours slept in bed, Liddle was seen going backwards and forwards to her property 13 times to check on the flames before duping passersby into entering the house with false claims people might be inside.

When police and firefighters attended the scene, Liddle gave a false name and date of birth and also suggested someone else had started the fire.

But tests showed Liddle used a lighter to set fire to a sofa, clothes maiden and a bedroom carpet before fleeing.

Thankfully no-one was injured in the blaze on May 6, although neighbouring homes either side were occupied at the time, with some of the residents in bed.

Police investigating discovered Liddle was on bail having appeared in court just five days before the fire for stealing and smashing up a woman’s mobile phone.

Further inquiries revealed she was due to face trial after she drunkenly beat up a mother in front of her two-year-old son and tore out braids of her hair during a row over her using an ATM machine.