Man due in court over suspected home arson attack

An end-of-terrace property has fire damage around a first floor window. Police tape surrounds the building.
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Fire damage was clear around the upstairs and downstairs windows

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A man is due in court next month after a fire in a house in Chandler's Ford.

Patrik Belle, 56, of Winnall Valley Road, Winchester, is due at Southampton Magistrates' Court on 3 March over one count of arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered.

Police and firefighters were called to the fire in Suffolk Drive at about 01:00 BST on 1 September.

Fire damage was clear around windows on the ground and first floors of the two-storey end-of-terrace house. No one was injured.

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