A suspect has been named following a suspected arson attack on Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral.
Merseyside Police were contacted by Merseyside Fire and Rescue on Sunday, May 29 to reports a fire had broken out at 6.40am and had caused damage to the fire doors and gallery at the cathedral on Mount Pleasant. A man who works at the cathedral said he arrived on Sunday morning "to find police and fire everywhere and the cathedral filled with a vile smell of burning".
A spokesperson for Merseyside Fire and Rescue said crews were alerted at 6.49am and were on scene at 6.53am. Three fire engines attended. On arrival firefighters found a side entrance doorway of the church involved in fire.
