Ghoulish arsonist caught on CCTV wearing terrifying mask after he firebombed elderly couple’s 17th century home while they slept

This chilling picture shows an arsonist hiding behind a Halloween mask moments after he set an elderly couple's cottage ablaze as they slept inside.

He was captured on CCTV fleeing the scene after he shoved a home-made fire bomb through the letterbox of pensioners Peter and Sylvia Cox at their home in the village of Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire.

The frail pair, aged 83 and 75 respectively, were forced to scramble from an upstairs window with the help of neighbours as flames engulfed their picturesque 17th century home.                   Full Read