An unemployed man who had not eaten for three days set fire to a job centre in order to get a hot meal in police custody, according to the Manchester Evening News.
An unemployed man who had not eaten for three days because his benefits had been stopped set fire to a job centre in order to get a hot meal in police custody, according to the Manchester Evening News.
Bee O’Brien, 49, set fire to the customer telephones at a jobcentre in Moss side after a row about his benefits.
O’Brien told police he would “commit a crime and get arrested. I need some food”.
According to the Evening News:
‘O’Brien, of Camelford Close, Hulme, admitted criminal damage, attempted arson, and using threatening words and behaviour when he appeared before Manchester magistrates.
Gina Clayton, defending, said: “His benefits had been stopped for some reason and he hadn’t eaten for three days. He was simply desperate for some food. He went to the job centre to get his payments and lost his temper.
“He was aware that if he was arrested he would have been given food at the police station.”’
O’Brien was given a 12 month community order and ordered to do 40 hours unpaid work.
Last month a disabled man took his own life after worrying about how he would manage once his benefits were stopped.
128 Responses to “Tory Britain: Man sets fire to job centre after not eating for three days”
missuslobster
not only that but bus fares to get to and from community service!!
John Edwards
I would have done the same if i was in his situation
yvonne
its going to get worse and more are going to go find life is to hard to keep going
Paul Anderson
Simple solution: Vote the scum out of the houses of parliament and put people in there who are going to care about OUR people first. If it’s the EDL or the BNP and you don’t like what they stand for, well form your own party and do it. If you “can’t be botered” then just sit back and don’t vote and carry on letting the foreigners come and take your jobs and housing and money then.
Joe
Yes! After 3 days having not eaten he should have been thinking straight – I mean if the people on Japanese reality TV shows can do it… #VoteTory