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    Sept 2022

    Last Updated: 20/09/2022
    Crime
    Crime

    Man to appear in court charged with arson at Knaresborough pub

    by Calvin Robinson

    | 20 Sept, 2022
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    Stephen Pearson, 45, is charged with arson at Blind Jack's pub in Knaresborough.

    blind-jacks-knaresborough
    CCTV footage from the fire, which shows the bin bag in front of the pub.

    A 45-year-old man will appear before York Crown Court this week charged with arson at a pub in Knaresborough.

    Stephen John Pearson, of Nutwell Court Road in Lympstone, Devon, is charged with committing arson that damaged Blind Jack’s pub on Market Place in the town on August 21 last year.

    He appeared before York Magistrates Court on August 25 for the alleged offence, when the case was referred to York Crown Court.

    Mr Pearson is due to appear before the crown court on Friday.

    The Grade II pub is named after Knaresborough’s John Metcalf, the first professional road builder to emerge in the Industrial Revolution.

    Blind Jack's on Market Place, Knaresborough.

    Blind Jack's on Market Place, Knaresborough.





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