Man jailed for setting fire to house with woman and two young children inside

A man who set fire to a house while a woman and her two young children were inside has been jailed for 16 months.

One of the children was wounded by broken glass while trying to escape from a back window that David Fannin (29) had smashed before starting the fire.

Fannin, of Edenmore Avenue, Coolock, Dublin, told gardaí he had been instructed to carry out the arson by another man, to whom he owed money. The court heard his co-accused, who has since fled the country, is the ex-partner of the injured party.

During the sentence hearing, Judge Martin Nolan noted: “This family could have been incinerated if things had gone wrong.”

Fannin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to carrying out the arson at the house in Ballymun and to intentionally damaging the back door of the house on September 24th, 2020.

After hearing facts on Monday, the judge adjourned the case to Monday for finalisation.

Judge Nolan said “arson is very serious, once a fire starts no one knows where…

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