An drug-addict arsonist was hired to torch the car of a PCSO who was the target of a hate campaign. Glynn Edwards, 49, struck right outside Stalybridge Police Station.
He was given a £50 bag of heroin to set fire to the Audi after the unnamed officer parked it outside the station. But he has refused to say who hired him to do it.
At around 9.20pm on Monday February 3, two GMP officers were leaving the Station when they heard glass smashing and saw a fire underneath a personal vehicle belonging to one of their colleagues.
They then saw Edwards thrown a petrol bomb at the car. One of the officers gave chase and caught him nearby. Edwards of Stephens Road, Stalybridge, later claimed someone had paid him to do it with heroin for his drug habit.
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