Man jailed for four years for mosque fire in Bletchley, Milton Keynes

Bletchley mosque arsonA 30-year-old man from Bletchley has been jailed for four years after he started a fire at the mosque on Manor Road, Bletchley.

Richard Bevington, of North Street, Bletchley, admitted arson with intent to danger life and a racially and religiously-aggravated public order offence following the fire on March 8 2014.

No one was hurt in the attack on The Water Eaton Mosque.

Bevington was sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court.

MK News, 3 May 2014

See also BBC News, 2 May 2014