POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a couple’s washing line was set alight leaving their clothes burnt to cinders.

The fire was started outside a ground floor flat in Thames Street, Greenwich, between 5.45am and 6am on June 21.

The occupiers of the flat, a man and woman in their 30s, called the fire brigade. The police were then made aware the fire had been started deliberately.

Anyone with information should call Detective Constable Dawn Watson at Plumstead CID on 020 8284 9467 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.