ABSTRACT
Lord Lane CJ: [The defendant was charged with] arson contrary to s 1(1) and (3) of the 1971 Act, the particulars being that the defendant:
on the 3rd day of January 1980 without lawful excuse damaged by fire a building known as Barnfield Mill belonging to Leslie Fink & Co Ltd and the contents thereof belonging to Albus Products Ltd intending to damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be damaged.
