Article: Arsonist awaits sentence having targeted parents ; An arsonist targeted his parents by putting a burning item through the letterbox of their city home, a court heard.

An arsonist targeted his parents by putting a burning item through the letterbox of their city home, a court heard.

Judge Graham Cottle said Shane Cutts could be given a community order with a mental health treatment requirement for the offences.

The judge said it was a better option than simply releasing him on the streets as he had already served the equivalent of a prison sentence while remanded in custody since his arrest.

Exeter Crown Court was told that 23-year-old Cutts had been diagnosed with psychopathic personality disorder by one of the doctors who has assessed him while awaiting sentencing.

But the doctor had been unable to directly recommend a hospital order, which would mean ...

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