AN arsonist has been sentenced for damaging a drainpipe.

Naeem Azam, aged 33, of Towers Avenue, off Hulton Lane, admitted the crime which took place on August 7.

He was ordered to pay £10 compensation, an £85 court costs and he was ordered to comply with a restraining order banning him from contacting Mohammed Azam, the victim, for a year.

Azam was detained at Bolton Magistrates Court for the day.