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Man pleads guilty to police station petrol bomb attack in Scottish town
Jamie Taylor pleaded guilty to breaching the Explosives Act after throwing three petrol bombs that caused fires and endangered a police officer, prosecutors said.
- Former soldier Jamie Taylor, 34, hurled three petrol bombs at police vans parked outside Livingston Police Station on May 30.
- CCTV footage showed the bombs bursting on the ground, with one narrowly missing PC Kirsty Forsyth who tackled the flames with a fire extinguisher.
- Taylor pleaded guilty to breaching the 1883 Explosives Act and recklessly throwing a petrol bomb at PC Forsyth, with his defense citing mental health issues related to his army career.
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Man pleads guilty to police station petrol bomb attack
Jamie Taylor pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh. A man has pleaded guilty to endangering a police officer’s life after throwing Molotov cocktails at vans outside a police station. Jamie Taylor, 34, also known as Jamie Heggie, threw petrol-filled canisters towards Livingston Police Station and nearby vehicles on the evening of May 30 this year, Police Scotland said. CCTV footage shows Taylor throwing three petrol bombs at a line of pol…
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