{"id":30071,"date":"2025-11-28T04:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=30071"},"modified":"2025-11-28T04:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:29:11","slug":"ex-soldier-caught-on-cctv-in-police-station-petrol-bomb-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/11\/28\/ex-soldier-caught-on-cctv-in-police-station-petrol-bomb-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-soldier caught on CCTV in police station petrol bomb attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former solider has admitted endangering a police officer’s life in a petrol bomb attack at a police station.<\/b><\/p>\n

Jamie Taylor, 34, hurled three molotov cocktails at police vans parked outside the building in Livingston, West Lothian, on 30 May.<\/p>\n

The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Taylor, from Bo’ness, had told his mother “he was going to blow up Livingston Police station”.<\/p>\n

CCTV footage showed the bombs burst on the ground, with one narrowly missing PC Kirsty Forsyth who ran outside to tackle the flames with a fire extinguisher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The court heard that Taylor had eight previous convictions and was staying temporarily with his mother at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Wojciech Jajdelski said that on the day of the attack, Taylor had phoned her to say he had a “bag full of vodka bottles filled with petrol”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jamie Taylor claimed he was going to “blow up” the police station (Image: Police Scotland)<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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CCTV cameras near the police station captured the moment a hooded Taylor started throwing the petrol bombs.<\/p>\n

The court saw footage of PC Forsyth come out of the station with a fire extinguisher. Taylor’s third petrol bomb burst at her feet before she ran from the scene.<\/p>\n

PC Forsyth’s colleagues chased Taylor who was caught a short while later nearby.<\/p>\n

The court heard he was found lying on the ground next to a bush smelling strongly of fuel.<\/p>\n

Defence solicitor advocate Iain McSporran KC said his client had serious mental health issues which were partly associated with his former army career.<\/p>\n

Mr McSporran also praised PC Forsyth’s actions.<\/p>\n

He added: “She seemed to remain extremely cool in the circumstances.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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‘Clearly dangerous’<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Taylor pleaded guilty to breaching the 1883 Explosives Act and of “culpably and recklessly” throwing a petrol bomb at PC Kirsty Forsyth.<\/p>\n

Judge Lady Ross said: “This was clearly a dangerous thing to do.”<\/p>\n

Police Scotland inspector Lindsey McIntyre said it was a “totally reckless act” that endangered the lives of all officers and staff in the station.<\/p>\n

She said: “Thankfully, no one was injured, but the outcome of the incident could have been far worse.<\/p>\n

“Every officer has the fundamental right to come home from each shift unharmed, and no one should be targeted in this way.”<\/p>\n

Taylor will be sentenced at the High Court in Stirling in January.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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