Woman, 42, charged with arson offences

A 42-year-old woman has been charged with arson offences following an incident in Daventry.

Rebecca Anne Jane, of Daventry, has been charged with arson, criminal damage and using racially/religiously aggravated words which caused alarm/distress, in relation to an incident on Sunday, February 13, where a house in Friary Close was deliberately set on fire and following this, a man in the area was racially abused.

Jane has been remanded into custody ahead of her appearance at Northampton Crown Court on March 30, 2022.