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Far-Right Arsonist, Who Set Himself on Fire Attempting to Burn Down Synagogue, Will Be Held in Hospital
Shira Feder
Published 07.05.19 5:04PM ET
The far-right arsonist who set fire to an Exeter synagogue last July 21a day commemorating the Holocaustwill be locked up indefinitely in a mental hospital, police announced Friday.
While burning the synagogue, Tristan Morgan, 52, accidentally burned his hands and forehead and singed off his hair. In court, a witness described Morgan laughing as he walked away from the building. Prosecutor Alistair Richardson described Morgan as possessing a deep-rooted anti-Semitic belief.
Under the United Kingdoms Mental Health Act, Morgan was sectioned in Londons Old Bailey after the court heard he had a psychotic episode during the attack. Police Superintendent Matt Lawler described the footage, which was given to the London police, as evidence of the level of planning, determination and intent by Morgan, whom the wider evidence clearly showed held abhorrent extreme right-wing, anti-Semitic, and white supremacist views.
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Far-Right Arsonist, Who Set Himself on Fire Attempting to Burn Down Synagogue, Will Be Held... (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jul 2019
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royable
(1,264 posts)1. So close to being a candidate for the Darwin awards. n/t
JI7
(89,260 posts)2. why a hospital ? why not those detention centers ? after all he did something illegal
and actually tried to kill people.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. What detention centers?