Somali set her home on fire because she was being evicted

A Somalian woman started an ‘intense fire’ in her kitchen after she was served with an eviction notice from her flat, a court heard. Farhia Ahmed Ali, 37, allegedly ignited ’tissues and cardboard’ to start the blaze in her south London home while her four children were present. Meyrick Williams, prosecuting, told Kingston Crown Court that Ali was trying secure a new home with Wandsworth council after she was handed an eviction notice by her landlord. ‘Her landlord told police…