Bradford theatre fire: Men jailed after Alhambra bin blaze

More than £20,000 worth of damage was caused after a fire was started in bins behind Bradford's Alhambra Theatre

Two men who started a fire at a landmark theatre in Bradford have each been jailed for a year.

Damage costing more than £20,000 was caused to Bradford's Alhambra by the January 2020 bin blaze.

Ricky Stewart, 24, of North Marine Road, Scarborough, and Ian Manning, 35, of Nottingham Street, Bradford, were found guilty of arson at Leeds Crown Court.

PC Natasha Morgan said neither had shown any regard for the harm caused.

Stewart and Manning had shown no regard for the damage caused by the fire after bins were set alight, police said

The West Yorkshire Police officer said she "welcomed the sentence" after Stewart and Manning deliberately started the fire at the venue, which opened in 1914.

"The consequences could have been far worse, and it is by sheer luck that no-one was injured in this fire," she added.

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