article_snippet: Mark Miller has been jailed for almost nine years after Mark Miller hid in Mark Miller ex-wife's home to spy on his ex-wife and tried to set fire to his ex-wife father and Mark Miller own son .
article_snippet: At a hearing at Teeside Crown Court Miller was jailed for eight years and nine months by Recorder James Brown, who told Miller: 'It is only by great good fortune that a catastrophe was avoided.'
article_snippet: The court heard that around 10 years before the attack, when the pair were still together, Miller had become convinced Miller was having an affair and set fire to his ex-wife bed, holding his ex-wife in the room saying Miller wanted them both to perish in the blaze.
article_snippet: Miller was jailed for two-and-a-half years for reckless arson, but when Miller came out his ex-wife forgave Miller and continued their relationship.
article_snippet: However Shaun Dryden, prosecuting, said Millerdrinking heavily, hiding alcohol around the house, gambling and demanded frequent sex or Miller would visit prostitutes.
article_snippet: In 2013 the pair split up and Miller began texting Miller estranged wife pictures pretending to hang Miller, taking pills and of gravestones, threatening: 'I can get to the house quicker than the police can.'
article_snippet: Miller had previously been given a suspended sentence imposed for breaching a non-molestation order and a separate restraining order.
article_snippet: This had banned Miller from contacting Miller ex-wife or coming within 200 metres of his ex-wife home.
article_snippet: But Miller breached this when Miller went to the house again last June as Miller ex-wife's father pulled up in his ex-wife's father car.
article_snippet: The man was convinced Miller would set The man on fire and Teeside Crown Court heard The man had 'never been so frightened.'
article_snippet: Miller, of Whitby, admitted attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, breaching a non-molestation order and breaching a restraining order.
article_snippet: Miller was also given an extended three year licence period.
highlights_snippet: Mark Miller was jailed for eight years for the attack and breaching restraining order .