A Peterborough man who hated authority so much that he torched a police station, robbed 50 victims of crime of any chance of getting justice when evidence went up in flames.
Bitter James Watson, who had stolen police uniforms and cars in the past, also prejudiced another 167 ongoing cases and robbed officers of treasured personal possessions and medals when he set fire to the British Transport Police (BTP) base in the city centre.
On Thursday, Watson (27), of Redgate Court, Parnwell, Peterborough, was sent to jail for an indefinite term to protect the public and he will serve a minimum of five years and be on licence for life. Watson, a man with a personality disorder, had trouble with authority since feeling let down by those in charge of his care as a child and this erupted in the attack on the police station which left an 800,000 trail of damage in his wake, Peterborough Crown Court heard.
He pleaded guilty to burglary and arson and also to the theft of 2,500 from his father's home, for which he was on bail when he decided to target the police station.
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