A Suffolk man who started a fire at a property in Ipswich will be sentenced in August after a psychiatric report has been prepared on him.
Before Ipswich Crown Court for a plea hearing on Friday (June 10) was 47-year-old Graham Goodchild of Bradfield Avenue, Hadleigh.
He pleaded guilty to arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered at a property in Peppercorn Way, Ipswich, belonging to Flagship Housing, on March 3 2020.
Steven Dyble for Godchild said his client suffered from schizophrenia and had been in a fragile mental state at the time of the offence.
He asked for a psychiatric report to be prepared on Goodchild before he is sentenced.
Judge David Pugh adjourned the case until August 4 and asked the probation service to prepare a pre-sentence report on Goodchild.
The judge allowed Goodchild’s unconditional bail to continue.
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