A patient with a psychiatric history set light to a mattress in his room on a ward. Colin Rivis, 62, was a patient at Highbury Hospital, Bulwell, when he caused more than £5,000 damage when he started the fire.
Nottingham Crown Court heard he used matches from another patient, who he did not name, and dropped them on his mattress cover on October 12, 2020. He was put on that ward after he was getting too close to other patients faces, and for his own safeguarding.
He started the fire after patients were allowed into a courtyard to have a cigarette. The patients could use a lighter which was returned to a box. Rivis then visited his room and the fire alarms activated.
