A man who set a deliberate fire in Lincoln County Hospital’s A&E causing almost £2 million of damage has today (Monday 3 April) been jailed for six years and nine months.

John Gillon Watson, 57, was also given the maximum extended licence period of five years on his release from jail for the charge of arson with recklessness as to whether life is endangered.

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