Arson charge after fire at Sherborne Police station

Sherborne Police Station <i>(Image: Google Maps)</i>
Sherborne Police Station (Image: Google Maps)
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A man has been charged following a reported arson at a police station in north Dorset.

It was reported that at around 3.30am on Sunday, April 26 a small fire ignited outside the boiler room Sherborne police station.

The fire did not spread to the station building and no injuries were sustained.

Gordon Charles Deacon, aged 36 and of no fixed abode, has been charged with arson and is due to appear at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday, October 30.

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