A MAN threatened to pour fuel on his girlfriend and set her on fire.

Blackburn magistrates heard Tara Arthur called police when she saw Michael Joseph Horrocks with a petrol can in his hand.

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Horrocks, 28, of Eastwood Avenue, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to assaulting Tara Arthur and damaging her car. The incident happened in East Lancashire.

He was made subject to community supervision for 12 months with a 35 day rehabilitation requirement, ordered to do 120 hours unpaid work and pay £125 compensation, £150 costs, £150 criminal court charge and £60 victim surcharge.