A 28-year-old man was on Sunday sentenced to four years in prison after having been found guilty of arson.

The man had set a fire in brushland near the Larnaca district village of Aradippou, with 60 large bales of hay and a building having been damaged by the fire.

He was identified by the police the following day and pushed one officer over while attempting to escape arrest.

Other police officers arriving at the scene then successfully arrested him.