AN ALCOHOLIC woman started a fire in her home which forced the evacuation of a four-storey block of flats, a court heard.
Shirley Mears, aged 56, told neighbours she had meant to kill herself in the early hours of New Year's Day last year.
She was one of three people treated at hospital for the effects of smoke inhalation after the blaze at Flora Court in Stonehouse, Plymouth Crown Court heard.
Police at the time praised residents for putting their lives at risk to make sure everyone was out of...
