Prisoner torched his cell at Leeds jail causing £6,000 worth of damage and led to an evacuation

Smoke seeping into neighbouring cells left prison guards little choice but to remove the surrounding inmates at HMP Wealstun in Wetherby as they waited for the emergency services.

Kelsey Thompson had stuffed material between the window and the outside grill of his cell and set it alight at on the evening of June 5, 2021, Leeds Crown Court heard.