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”
Danny Beoulve
Beoulve isn’t my real surname, sir, and seeing that my parents, and their parents, and theirs before them (and for as far back as I care to remember), were all born in, lived and worked in the UK, I’d say that I qualify being British, but being the Brit I am, I will overlook the attempted racial slur. Sorry to disappoint, but maybe you should look less into the name of someone and more into the point they are trying to make. (I realize this is a little late but what’re you gonna do?).
Julie Ashmore
Public sector workers think they can deny people money to buy food and keep warm..Actually,it’s still a human right in the UK to have these things. I thought this is why we have the welfare state. And why do people flock here from other nations???
Do they get their benefits,do they get sanctioned?
This country is up the doodah concerning immigration and its the British public (white,green,black,blue) who are being penalized..Hence the draconian ‘sanctions’ rules which really didn’t exist until the toffs stole the show.
‘Public service workers’ Poppy cock..The do not work for the public. They deny the rights of the public by following the draconian ‘made up’ laws off this cesspit shrouded government!
muppet
If its unchanged I learned a long time ago .. don’t trip yourself up when you agree to jsa contract offer the bare minimum IE work 1 mile distance etc.Agree to bend over and lick your own arse then that’s what they,ll demand or you fk orf.If you agree to work on mars they,ll hold u to that.