The man got out a lighter, lifted a petrol nozzle from a pump and ignited the flame after staff refused to serve him
A man threatened to burn down a Cambridge filling station after staff refused to serve him. Mark Guy, 47, walked up to the Shell filling station in Cambridge on the evening of January 10, 2024, despite previously being banned.
When staff refused to serve him, he immediately became agitated. According to Cambridgeshire Police, Guy walked out to the forecourt where he got out a lighter, lifted a petrol nozzle from the pump and ignited the flame, threatening to “burn the place up”.
The 47-year-old left after a member of staff called police, but he was later identified and arrested when he returned to the filling station in April of that year.
On Thursday, April 30, Guy, of Monkswell, Trumpington, Cambridge, was jailed for one year and three months after pleading guilty to attempted arson at Peterborough Crown Court.
DC Lara Wycherley, who investigated, said: “Guy could not accept he had been banned from the filling station, and quickly became aggressive and threatening towards staff who were just trying to do their job.
“Thankfully no-one was harmed, but Guy is very lucky that his reckless actions didn’t end differently.”
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