An inmate set fire to a cell at Ranby Prison and will now spend even longer locked up.

Christopher John Malcolm, 35, now of HMP Nottingham, pleaded guilty to arson after a blaze took hold of a cell at the reform and training prison on Retford Road.

The fire destroyed the cell and its contents and caused £2,084.56 of damage on June 4 last year.

Mansfield Magistrates' Court heard it was considered a serious offence because it was a reckless act of damage, there was a risk of injury to himself and others and it caused damage to public property in a prison environment.

The crime was also aggravated by Malcolm's record of previous offending, the court was told.

Magistrates handed the defendant 12 weeks in prison and he was ordered to pay £115 surcharge.