A thug who racially abused a shopkeeper before he poured petrol over him and set the building alight has been jailed for nine years.

Jonathan Brook, 31, also told the terrified worker 'you're a little guy, I'll smash your teeth in' during the heinous attack in Huddersfield on February 5 this year.

Leeds Crown Court on Monday heard how Brook first punched a shop worker at a Co-Op store in the eye before he turned on the newsagents.

After threatening the shopkeeper, Brook then returned 20 minutes later with a petrol can.

The hearing was told how Brook poured petrol around the shop and on the man's clothes before he set the building alight.