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Man charged with arson attack on Sherborne Police Station

A MAN has been charged with arson after an alleged attack on Sherborne Police Station.

The incident, at around 3.30am on Sunday, April 26, saw a small fire started outside the boiler room at the Digby Road station.

“The fire did not spread to the station building and no injuries were sustained,” a Dorset Police spokesperson said.

“Following enquiries, a 36-year-old man was arrested and he has now been charged with arson.”

The man, a 36-year-old of no fixed address, is due to appear at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on October 30.

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I am the editor in chief of Blackmore Vale media, which includes the New Blackmore Vale, New Stour & Avon, Salisbury & Avon Gazette and the Purbeck Gazette, having been a reporter for some 20 years. In my spare time, I am a festival lover, with a particular focus on Glastonbury. I live in Somerset with my wife and two children.