A Wallington man has pleaded guilty to burning a Liberal Democrat councillor's home.
Dunstan Thomas, of Sandy Lane South, admitted arson with reckless intent to endanger life at a case management hearing at Croydon Crown Court this morning.
From June 11: Knife-wielding man arrested in bathroom after refusing to leave Sutton councillor's burning home
The 41-year-old engaged in a stand off with police and refused to leave the burning building belonging to Carshalton Central councillor Hamish Pollock, a former deputy-mayor of Sutton and secondary school governor, with two teenage children.
Originally he was said by police to have been wielding a knife but no charges to that effect were brought.
At the time a neighbour said: "It's awful what has happened, but them being safe is all that matters."
Thomas was arrested after he was found in the bathroom in the early hours of Thursday, June 11.
A sentencing hearing has been set for October 9.
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