Homeless man hurls Molotov cocktails at window of police station

This is the second a homeless man hurls petrol bombs at a police station, leaving officers ‘fearing for his or her lives’. 

The blazing bottles got here hurtling towards Huntingdon police station in Cambridgeshire in 2022.

At the time of the assault, on December 9, there have been custody workers, response officers and three detainees contained in the constructing.

The clip reveals flashes of sunshine from the petrol bombs exploding, adopted by bangs, as Rimasauskas sprints away after he hurling them at the open home windows. 

The 31-year-old defendant, of no fastened handle, admitted arson with intent to hazard life and was sentenced on Thursday at Huntingdon Law Courts to 12 years in jail, Cambridgeshire Police mentioned.

The Molotov cocktails, thrown by Voldemaras Rimasauskas, fell wanting the window however brought about vital scorch harm exterior, Cambridgeshire Police mentioned

The CCTV clip reveals flashing lights from the exploding petrol bombs 

A sock that homeless man Rimasauskas used to mild the selfmade bomb

The harm that Rimasauskas had finished to the constructing as he hurled Molotov cocktails at open home windows 

Detective Inspector Gordon Blair mentioned: ‘At the time of the incident there have been a number of officers throughout the constructing and arrested individuals within the cells.

‘Three officers have been within the rear workplace the place the assault occurred and genuinely feared for his or her lives because the blazing bottles got here hurtling in the direction of the station.

‘If one of many petrol bombs had made it via the window, the entire station may have gone up in flames.

‘Getting to courtroom has taken months of laborious work, dedication and detective work and I’m glad justice has been finished.

‘I hope Rimasauskas has time to replicate on his reckless actions, which may have resulted in tragedy.’

Officers discovered the stays of socks – used as wicks to mild the bombs – so visited native outlets and petrol stations within the space to look CCTV footage of individuals shopping for this stuff.

They recognized Rimasauskas as having purchased the socks and gasoline inside days of one another.

Scenes of crimes officers managed to find an outdated DNA pattern from a unique pressure taken years in the past and in contrast this to the socks left on the scene.

This gave a match for Rimasauskas.

In a sufferer influence assertion learn out in courtroom, Chief Constable Nick Dean mentioned: ‘Officers and workers undertake policing duties within the full data that when on patrol they might face hazard, nevertheless what they don’t anticipate is that their private security needs to be compromised when they’re throughout the confines of their bodily workplace.

The CCTV clip reveals Rimasauskas sprinting away from the station after he had hurled them on the window

‘It needs to be remembered that law enforcement officials and workers are individuals, they’re fathers, moms, little children.

‘When they’re attacked they change into victims identical to every other, however victims who’ve been attacked whereas making an attempt to guard others.

‘It can’t be misplaced on anybody the influence if these petrol bombs had ignited throughout the constructing.

‘It can also be essential to focus on that on the time of the assault custody was operational and there have been three detainees, custody workers and response officers contained in the constructing.

‘This may have severely injured any of the officers, workers and custody detainees, or worse, there was a really actual prospect of dying.

‘Attacks equivalent to these are fortunately uncommon, however however the influence has far-reaching results not simply inside policing however throughout the communities who maintain their police stations and officers near their hearts.’