Two Estonian backpackers who tried to set fire to a man's car while he and his three-year-old daughter were inside have been jailed in Western Australia.
Former Afghan refugee Hassen Haidary was working at a strawberry farm, in WA's Great Southern region, in February 2014 when he spotted a parked car and stopped to help, believing an accident had occurred.
Kasper Kaokula, 26, and his 30-year-old brother Kuldar then poured two litres of petrol over Mr Haidary's car and tried to set it on fire with cigarette lighters.
Some of the petrol splashed onto Mr Haidary's clothes and into his eyes, but he managed to speed away to his employer's farm.
The brothers were found guilty last year by a WA District Court jury of committing an act likely to endanger life, and were sentenced on Friday.
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Kasper was sentenced to six years and two months in prison, while Kuldar was jailed for five years and eight months.
Judge Patrick O'Neal described the pair's crime as vengeful, saying they had "set out to lay a trap for their victim on a lonely country road".
He said the pair seemed to blame Mr Haidary after the girlfriend of one of them failed to get a job she wanted at the farm.
"The victim that you chose came to this country as a refugee from people who wanted to harm him for no reason other than his religion and ethnic background," Judge O'Neal said.
"He found a place for himself and his family in his adopted community and believed reasonably that the terror of their former lives was behind them - and then you came along.
"Having previously found a life of peace and quiet, as a result of your offending, they are now fearful and vigilant."
The brothers will be eligible for parole and are likely to be deported.
