A SPURNED lover who torched her ex-girlfriend’s home after being told of her relationship with a man has been jailed.

Heartbroken mum-of-two Lisa Gilmour was so angry when she heard former partner Kara Watt had hooked up with Peter Hughes she phoned police to tell them she was going to kill her.

Gilmour, of Ness Avenue, Johnstone, then went to Ms Watt’s home and set it alight.

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She admitted a charge of wilfully setting a fire that placed the lives of Ms Watt and Mr Hughes in danger.

Procurator fiscal depute Keri Marshall told Paisley Sheriff Court the blaze took place at Ms Watt’s flat in Morar Drive, Linwood, on September 16 last year.

The court heard 33-year-old Gilmour had once been in a relationship with Ms Watt, who had began living with Mr Hughes in a top-floor flat.

Ms Marshall said: “At 5.06am, the witnesses Watt and Hughes were awoken by the smoke alarm in their home. The witness Hughes went to the front door and opened it and at this time he was met with flames in what he describes as ‘a wall of fire.’

“He threw water on to the fire, which seemed to extinguish it. He noted a shoe stand was alight and observed it had been moved from outside the neighbours’ property and butted against the front door of their property.

“Fortunately, the fire was extinguished before the front door was fully on fire.”

A pair of boots at the door had also been set alight – and particles from them later proved Gilmour had been there.

Defence solicitor Charlie McCusker said Gilmour was an emotional wreck due to the break-up of her relationship with Ms Watt.

He added: “She was intoxicated, she had taken Valium and vodka.

“They were in an on-off relationship for three years. Six weeks before this, Kara Watt met Mr Hughes.

“Matters came to a head when it emerged he was living with Kara Watt. He had moved into her house.

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“This was information she got the day before. On receiving this information, she was distraught. She wanted her relationship with Kara Watt to continue. She now fully accepts her relationship with Kara Watt is at an end.”

Sheriff Frances McCartney jailed Gilmour for 16 months, reduced from 24 months due to her admission of guilt.

Gilmour will be supervised for eight months once she is released from prison.