A woman seriously injured in an arson attack allegedly sparked by two people from Kidlington remembers nothing about the incident, a jury has heard.

Linda McLeod told detectives she could not remember a fire at her terraced home in Marston Road, Southampton, or the firemen tackling the blaze.

"I just remember going to bed and waking up in hospital," she said. "My brother, Frank, told me about the fire but I didn't believe him, even when he showed me the newspaper cuttings."

Mrs McLeod said she was detained in intensive care for 13 days and then moved on to another unit, but ended up with pneumonia and a kidney infection.

"I've been on oxygen every day," she said. "I'm having difficulties breathing and I'm not able to look after my five grandchildren."

The impact the fire had on her was contained in a statement read out by prosecutor Charles Thomas on the second day of a trial of two people charged with arson.

Sarah Jane Griffiths, 39, and Ivan Fuller, 26, both of Croxford Gardens, Kidlington, deny arson with intent to endanger life.

Griffiths also denies the lesser charge of arson reckless as to whether life would be endangered, while Fuller has admitted that allegation.

Southampton Crown Court has been told there were nine people - including five children aged from two to 11 - in the house when the blaze broke out about midnight.

Mrs McLeod's daughter, Maria Butcher, woke up her children after hearing the smoke alarm going off.

The court was told that Griffiths and Fuller travelled to Southampton to visit Butcher to pay £2,500 for high-quality cannabis, but she had no intention of supplying drugs and kept the cash. The pair then allegedly started the blaze in revenge for being ripped off.

The case continues.