A SACKED builder who downed eight pints before torching a block of flats has been jailed for 18 months.
David Muchemwa, 31, was sacked by Cala Homes just days before he soaked a bundle of clothes with petrol and used them to set fire to their Fettes Rise development in Edinburgh.
He claimed he had first checked each flat to make sure they were empty.
But he missed two pensioners who were left trapped in their third-storey home.
The terrified couple tried to escape but were blocked inside their burning home by thick black smoke.
Hero fire-fighters managed to rescue the 72 year-old man and his 68 year-old wife from the blaze on December 19 last year – after firebug Muchemwa had called for their help on 999.
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