A woman whose obsession with her ex-boyfriend was likened to the film Fatal Attraction has been remanded in custody for further psychiatric reports.

Angela Webb set fire to her ex-boyfriend Mark Kibble's house in the third attack on his home in the few months after their relationship broke down.

Judge John McNaught told a court he wanted a second opinion on Webb because he fears she may be a risk to the public.

The 41-year-old was appearing at Swindon Crown Court after previously admitting a charge of arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered.

It was the third time she had been convicted of offences of damage over a period of a few months with 31-year-old Mr Kibble being the victim each time.

Webb had gone to Mr Kibble's home on Charter Road, Chippenham, late on the evening of October 20, the court heard. Richard Thomas, prosecuting, said that having found out he was not at home she pulled the curtain out through the letterbox and set light to it before leaving the scene.

He said that although Mr Kibble was not in at the time there were people inside an above property as well as next door.

Speaking after the fire Mr Kibble said: "It was terrifying. I was staying at a friend's house when at around 4am I got a call from the police to say that someone had set light to my house.

"When I got around here, I found out it had been Angela Webb. We split up four months ago, but she's already smashed two of my windows now this.

"It's very frightening because although I wasn't here, the family upstairs were.

"I'm led to believe a passer-by saw the flames and rang the fire brigade, who were able to put it out, but it could have been terrible. It's like some kind of Fatal Attraction thing."

Though it is thought the fire extinguished itself, the fire brigade was called.

The front door was destroyed and the hallway severely smoke damaged.

Andrew Hobson, defending, said Webb, of Almhouses, Lacock Road, Corsham, had turned to drink after the relationship broke down.

He said "It is clear that it was the relationship which caused her to drink to excess. That took her to the state she was in when she committed these offences. She didn't intend to endanger life."

He added: "She got to 41 without any previous convictions apart from motoring. It was clearly this relationship with Mr Kibble and her abuse of alcohol that led to the offences."

Mr Hobson urged the court not to impose a prison sentence saying any risk presented could be managed in the community.

He said: "She has been remanded in custody for six weeks and to say it has been an appalling experience for her is trite.

Some people can cope with custody but some can't. To say it has been a salutary experience is an understatement.

"If she has a community sentence the risk will be assuaged to a large extent by a simple fear of going back to prison. This is not someone saying 'I don't want to go to prison, I hear it's not very nice', but someone who has been there."

He said Webb had no intention of contacting Mr Kibble again and will move back to Scotland when she is released.

After reading a psychiatric report, Judge McNaught said :"I think despite what the doctor has said there seems to me to be some very serious factors that remain.

"I will ask for a further report, I am going to ask for a second opinion. It is such a potentially serious case with public safety an issue I think we should take a little longer."