A drunken arsonist told police officers, “what have I done? Lock me up," after they arrived to arrest him for setting fire to his own home.
Gerrard Foott appeared at Chester Crown Court on Friday for sentence after admitting one count of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered. The 54-year-old started a blaze in a utility room paint cupboard at his home on of Sextant Close, Murdishaw, after he’d glugged down “12 cans”.
Peter Hussey, prosecuting, said when Foott initially called the emergency services to report the fire on November 9, he claimed not to know how it began, only for the call to cut out. Foott then rang again and admitted to having started it himself.
