A man set fire to the clothes of his partner after a row while her baby slept in the flat, a court heard.Ashleigh Cook, aged 25, used a lighter to start a fire in the wardrobe in a bedroom, a jury was told.His partner, Katarzyna Gruchala, escaped the smoke and flames with her baby when an alarm sounded.Cook used an extinguisher to put out the fire, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Cook, of Raglan Gardens, Devonport, is on trial after denying arson on March 1 this year.He said that Miss Gruchala...
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