A 60-year-old man has been charged with starting a double car fire in Sheerness.

John Dave Pike, of Park Road, Sheerness, is accused of deliberately setting a silver Smart car and red Peugeot 107 in Park Road alight on New Year’s Eve.

He faces a charge of arson with intent to endanger life or being reckless as to whether life would be endangered and was been bailed to appear at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court on May 15.