A drug dealing arsonist who terrorised a woman before attempting to set her house on fire has been jailed for almost four years.

Charlie Moon used a lighter to start a blaze inside a property near Liptraps Lane in Tunbridge Wells.

Inside the home the 27-year-old also made threats to a woman he knew in front of her friends and a child.

Moon went to the home on June 6 2021 where he set fire to a rug while threatening the victim, telling them: "I’m gonna set this place alight with you in it".

The fire was stamped out by one of the victim’s friends before Moon fled the scene. He was arrested the following day.

Officers looked into a previous incident three days prior when the drug dealer was a passenger in a car stopped by patrols by a local policing team.

The Ford Fiesta had been linked to drugs offences and when Moon was searched, quantities of heroin and crack cocaine were found in his wallet along with a customer tick list. A phone was also seized which contained messages concerning drugs supply.

Moon, of Sandhurst Road, Tunbridge Wells, appeared before Maidstone Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to a charge of arson with intent to endanger life as well as two counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply.

Two further counts of assault and one of criminal damage were ordered by the court to lie on file.

On Friday January 20, Moon was sentenced to three years and seven months’ imprisonment. He was also made the subject of a five-year restraining order.

Det Sgt Leanne Carter, said: "Moon is a persistent offender involved in the street supply of Class A drugs and who has also demonstrated extremely volatile and dangerous behaviour in the presence of several people including a young child.

"A prison sentence is necessary to protect people from the harm he can potentially cause and one which will also hopefully provide the time for Moon to reflect on his actions and realise that when he is released, he will still be a relatively young man with the opportunity to make positive and meaningful changes in his life."