Arsonist who put baby’s life at risk was ‘motivated by anti-Semitism’

A baby had to be thrown to safety from the window of a burning house after an elderly resident torched his own flat while ‘motivated by anti-Semitism’, a court heard. Ian Pitkin, 64, forced neighbours to flee when he set fire to his flat in Newick Road, Hackney at 12.45pm on 20 March this year. Five people were injured in the blaze with one person forced to jump from a window to escape, fracturing their hip. One family had to…