Market Drayton petrol bombs man faces jail sentence
A Market Drayton man who threatened to set off petrol bombs and kill police officers was today facing a jail term.
Anthony Orwell has admitted making almost a dozen explosives found at his home.
The 62-year-old sparked a dramatic stand-off with armed police officers and a police negotiator when the explosives were discovered .
At the time police said Orwell had threatened to ignite petrol close to where he lives in Market Drayton during the stand-off on September 8 last year.
At an earlier hearing Orwell admitted a single charge of making explosive substances involving petrol bombs, made with wine bottles and filled with petrol and two-stroke oil, with wicks fixed with adhesive tape.
Orwell had been charged with making an explosive substance for unlawful purpose, under Section 4 of the Explosive Substances Act.
He originally denied the charge when he appeared at court in November having previously been passed fit to stand trial after psychiatric tests.
Orwell, of Victoria Wharf, Market Drayton, was appearing today at Shrewsbury Crown Court for sentencing.
