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A man who started a fire that caused the closure of a hospital’s Accident and Emergency department and a £1.9 million insurance bill was today jailed for six years and nine months.
Watson, 57, did not attend his sentence hearing at Lincoln Crown Court after resfusing to leave his cell at Lincoln Prison where he was remanded.Arson damage at Lincoln A&E | Photo: Lincolnshire Police Miss Lenton said the second more serious fire was first detected in the A&E department at Lincoln County Hospital just before 3am on 29 March last year.“By luck no one was injured,”Miss Lenton added. “But the Accident and Emergency unit was closed for 13 hours.”Miss Lenton said Watson’s movements around the hospital had been caught on various CCTV cameras after he self presented himself to the hospital at 1.27am with chest pains.
The court heard police visited Watson at 10.30am for an initial safety check on those still not present at the hospital.
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