Anglesey landlord rushed to put out flames after tenant set fire to flat
Eventually Caleb Corr was arrested but he spat all around his police car cell. The 33-year-old, of Don Flats in Pentraeth, admitted several offences.
Today a judge at Caernarfon Crown Court jailed him for four years for arson being reckless as to whether lives were endangered. Prosecutor Myles Wilson said some residents at Don Flats in Pentraeth smelt smoke coming from Corr's ground floor flat in the early hours of May 13. You can sign up for all the latest court stories here
It was setting off fire alarms and police and the landlord were alerted. The landlord arrived.
He went into the flats and found a towel burning in the hall which he put out, the court heard. He also used a fire extinguisher to put out a second fire in the hallway. About £1,000 damage was caused by the blazes.
Mr Wilson said the defendant was then seen standing by the window of his ground floor flat shouting abuse at a neighbour. He threw a glass bottle through the open window at her and missed.
He also picked up a breadknife and threatened the neighbour with it. Police arrived and asked Corr what he was doing.
Mr Wilson said Corr wouldn't put the knife down until police went into his flat and threatened to Taser him. Corr was arrested and taken to a police car.
But he spat in its cell and it had to be taken out of service while it was cleaned, said Mr Wilson. Jemma Gordon, defending, said Corr has Asperger's and complex needs.
He is also emotionally impaired due to damage from trauma while growing up. He displays "self-destructive behaviour particularly when he is misusing alcohol in an environment which is not stable," she added.
The judge Her Honour Nicola Jones told Corr he had put several people in danger by setting fire to the flats. Jailing him for arson, she also imposed an eight-month jail term for affray, and a one-month jail term for criminal damage, both to run concurrently to the main four-year sentence.
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