A mum covered a man in petrol and set his van alight in front of shocked onlookers, a court has heard.
Gemma Peregreen, 37, doused Tyronne Webb and his van after he went to her flat to collect things for his brother on February 26 of this year.
His brother had been in an relationship with Peregreen which ended and there had been a ‘bad feeling’.
Footage of the shocking incident was played to Newport Crown Court.
In a victim impact statement, Mr Webb feared he would have been badly burned if the fire had reached him and the damage to his new van would cost more than £2,000 to repair.
He said: ‘I never want to see her again.’
Ross McQuillan-Johnson, defending, said Peregreen was ‘disgusted’ by her behaviour and had been assessed as a low risk of reoffending.
Judge Daniel Williams told her: ‘Because of that history, the two of you exchanged unpleasant words.
‘You appeared to him to be under the influence of alcohol.
‘You went to throw petrol over him and he managed to parry away from you after you lunged at him.
‘You then poured petrol on his van and set fire to it.
‘You were reckless as to whether the lives of other people were in danger.
‘There was the use of an accelerant and multiple people may have been in danger.’
Peregreen pleaded guilty to arson and the judge told her that he believed there was a realistic prospect of rehabilitation and handed her a two-year suspended sentence.
She also was handed a 10-year restraining order not to contact Mr Webb.
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