Doncaster man charged with attempted murder after Leeds house set alight with mother and children inside

A man is due to appear in court this morning charged with the attempted murder of a mother and her two children in Leeds.

Anthony Walters was charged in relation to an arson attack at a house in Hill Top Mount, Harehills, on Wednesday, February 24.

Firefighters had to rescue a mother and her two children through an upstairs window after a fire broke out in the early hours.

Walters, 33, of Beckett Road, Wheatley Park, will appear before Leeds Magistrates' Court today.