A stalker who lit a fire in the carport of Trollops television star Denise Welch’s home, leaving her “panicked”, has been imprisoned.

Toraq Wyngard, 64, who was found with a kitchen blade in his backpack, caused £4,285 of harm after the fire spread.

The previous Royal celebration Road entertainer let Manchester Crown Court know that his activities had “transformed her”.

He was imprisoned for a considerable length of time and seven months for following, incendiarism, ownership of a blade and criminal harm.

That’s what the court heard, not long before 23:00 BST on 19 September, 2020, Wyngard lit a fire in a skirt outside the home the entertainer imparts to her better half Lincoln Townley in Cheshire.

Ms Welch, who seemed through videolink from the US, said she had been made aware of the fire by her significant other’s “puncturing shout” when an individual from the public thumped on their entryway after recognizing the blazes.

Gareth Bellis, arraigning, said CCTV showed a man in an unmistakable baseball cap checking out the property prior to seeming to empty a catalyst into the skip and set it land.

The fire spread to the carport.

Wyngard, of Gun Road, Salford, was subsequently captured close by wearing the cap, shrouded in metallic pin identifications, and police found a kitchen blade in his backpack.

The court heard that he professed to be a press photographic artist after police found two cameras in his pack.

Officials likewise tracked down various cameras, some clandestine, and optics during an inquiry of his home.

On 10 February 2021, while Wyngard was delivered being scrutinized, Ms Welch and Mr Townley found the words “Witch” and “Pimp” alongside a topsy turvy cross scribbled on their front entryway in blue marker pen, the court was told.

CCTV showed Wyngard composing the spray painting and he was additionally seen at a close by shop purchasing the pen.

Ms Welch told the court: “This entire experience alarmed me and keeps on doing as such.”

“It has transformed me. I have a great life and this man has forever scarred it,” she said.

The court heard that the couple currently burn through £2,000 every month on extra security.

Wyngard confessed to the following charges at a conference last September yet his condemning was postponed after he later endeavored to change his requests, guaranteeing he had been “forced” into conceding the offenses, the court heard.

His application to change his supplications was dismissed yet Louise Cowen, safeguarding, said Wyngard kept up with he was not blameworthy.

She said he experienced bipolar full of feeling problem and had been neglecting to take his drug.

Condemning Wyngard, Judge Michael Leeming said: “You have communicated not a solitary expression of disappointment, not a solitary expression of worry for your casualties by any means.

“Your main concern is for your own advantages.”

Talking after the meeting, Senior Crown Investigator Angela Rowan said Toraq Wyngard had done “everything he can to abstain from looking up to what he did” and had “attempted to disappoint the court interaction over the span of these procedures, creating superfluous setback”.

She said she was thankful to Ms Welch and her loved ones “for showing persistence in permitting equity to win”.

“I trust the present sentence and limiting request gives them some harmony,” she added.