A FORMER bank manager, from Horwich, accused of setting fire to his house while his family were asleep has walked free from court.
A jury took just 15 minutes to find Glenn Hunt not guilty of arson with intent to endanger life and arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.
Hunt, aged 46, of Ridgemont Close, Horwich, had been on trial at Bolton Crown Court and denied committing arson with intent to endanger life and an alternative charge of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered on May 24 last year.
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