Mental health trust pays damages over man's death in tower block fire

Bob Crane, who had bipolar disorder, died in his Bristol flat after cooking on an open fire because his electricity had been cut off

A mental health trust has paid out damages over the case of a man with bipolar disorder and a history of lighting fires who was trapped in a blaze at his cluttered tower block flat.

Bob Crane, 61, a well-known character in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol, had been cooking on open fires at his seventh-floor council flat for more than a year because his electricity had been cut off.

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