Dozens of wedding guests had to be evacuated when a man set fire to his hotel room after being kicked out of Hot Water Comedy Club.
Daniel Baker was turfed out of the popular venue after causing drunken disturbances to a show before attacking his partner when a row erupted over sex. When she locked herself in the bathroom crying, the business owner started a blaze which saw the building cleared.
Liverpool Crown Court heard this afternoon, Wednesday, that the 39-year-old and his then girlfriend Jayne Armstead were visiting the city from their home in Lincolnshire in order to celebrate his birthday on August 6 last year. Katy Appleton, prosecuting, described how the couple attended a gig at the Hot Water Comedy Club but Baker was ejected as he was "disrupting the show".
