Because of my obsession with firefighters...Fire his house twice in two hours
May 07, 2025
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James Brown, 26, of Northumberland, England, pleaded guilty to arson at a recent trial, according to the Telegraph and other local media.
The court sentenced him to 150 hours of community service and eight months of probation.
Earlier, he reported to the fire department that a fire broke out in his home at around 8:15 p.m. on September 9, 2023. He claimed the outlet caught fire and the bedding caught fire.
Firefighters went to the scene to put out the fire, cut off the electricity and left. The damage was not significant.
About 90 minutes later, Brown reported another fire at the same location and fire crews were called back to find the bedding on fire.
Despite the lack of electricity, he gave the same explanation as in his first dispatch. In response, the police assumed that it was an intentional fire.
Afterwards, the police arrested Brown, who judged it to be arson, and mysteriously, he seemed to enjoy the arrest process.
In the course of the investigation, he showed a 'obsession' toward firefighters and police officers.
He filmed firefighters dispatched to the scene and was found to have contacted firefighters 80 times in the year before the arson.
The court said "If you live in a terraced house and set it on fire, there is a risk that you could potentially kill someone." "Wasting the firefighter's time and resources is like taking away the time to rescue someone else", he pointed out.
However, considering that Brown was recently diagnosed with autism, he was sentenced to eight months of probation.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
