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A man who burned down a popular nightclub in protest over Covid-19 passports for entry has been jailed for six years.
Owen Marshall, 29, set fire to a petrol soaked towel and posted it through the letterbox of SWX nightclub in Bristol in the early hours of July 13 after developing an 'obsession' with Covid restrictions.
The incident, which saw more than 130 fire service crew rush to the scene to tackle the blaze, came just days before the club was officially due to reopen after months of closures amid the pandemic.
Marshall, of Bristol, later threw a brick through the window of the Barley Mow pub with a note attached claiming vaccine passports were a 'breach of human rights' before sending a letter to the Bristol nightclub Lakota.
He was arrested after officers tracked his movements back to a shop where he had bought a box of matches and launched a public appeal.
Owen Marshall, 29, from Bristol, set fire to a petrol soaked towel and posted it through the letterbox of club SWX in Bristol on July 13
The arsonist was identified after police tracked his movements back to a shop where he had bought a box of matches
More than 130 fire service crew rush to the scene to tackle the blaze at club SWX on July 31
Marshall pleaded
