A Cottesloe man who set fire to a neighbour’s car as retaliation for his barking dogs will spend at least 15 months in jail.

Edward Ivan Africh was found guilty of criminal damage by fire, after he was caught on CCTV leaving his neighbour’s home as flames took hold of the Range Rover parked in the driveway.

During Africh’s trial, it was established he had “ongoing animosity” towards his neighbour after the duo were involved in a physical altercation when he yelled at the man’s barking dogs.

In June 2016, the 61-year-old saw his neighbour take his dogs for a walk towards to beach.

The neighbour and his partner then noticed smoke coming from the vicinity of their home and returned to find Africh “standing at the end of the street and quickly ducking behind a tree”.

The 61-year-old was interviewed by police but denied any involvement.

Another neighbour’s CCTV captured Africh walking to his neighbour’s home with something in his hand before leaving as flames could be seen.

“You deliberately lit the fire and you did so due to the animosity that you felt towards (your neighbour),” Justice Joseph McGrath said during sentencing last week.

“The owner of the car and his partner do not have any insurance for the vehicle … they both suffered a financial loss.

“You targeted a car in a residential neighbourhood … there is a significant risk of the fire spreading.

“You were aware, (when the neighbour passed), that no one was at his residence and then you determined to undertake the deliberate act of arson fuelled only by your anger.”

Africh was sentenced to two years and six months in prison, and made eligible for parole.