NURSING home resident Darren Arkell, 24, has been sent for crown court trial accused of endangering life by setting fire to a bedroom.

Arkell, now living in a home at Pershore, appeared before Kidderminster magistrates in a wheelchair, charged with arson at the Larches residential home in Larches Road, Kidderminster, in July.

He was bailed to appear before a judge at Worcester later this month.