A convicted criminal started a fire when armed police arrived to raid his flat. Shaylon McCalla, 23, who has previous convictions for firearms and offensive weapons, threatened to kill himself and set the house on fire, Nottingham Crown Court heard on Tuesday (April 11)
Derbyshire Police and Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service were seen in Oxford Street, Ripley, at around 10am on Thursday, September 29. Police were there to arrest him on suspicion of possessing a firearm - but it turned out he had done nothing wrong, the court heard.
Police used tasers to arrest him after he set fire to a coat, which spread to the floor underneath, in shared accommodation over a shop. He was arrested and taken into custody, and went on to plead guilty to arson being reckless.
