Patient seen in CCTV before starting fire that caused £1.9m worth of damage to hospital

The Independent 2023-04-03

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Police have released CCTV footage showing a hospital patient moments before and after he set a fire inside a hospital.

John Watson can be seen entering an MRI room in this video before smoke fills the corridors and fire alarms were triggered.

Watson was jailed on Monday, 3 April, for causing £1.9 million worth of damage in the A&E ward at Lincoln County Hospital.

The fire was started on 29 March of last year.
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