Man pleads guilty to starting Farmfoods shop fire
The fire service was at the scene in Burslem on 23 May
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A man has admitted starting a fire at a supermarket in Stoke-on-Trent.
Staffordshire Police said it was called to Moorland Road in Burslem shortly before 13:00 BST on 23 May following a fire inside a Farmfoods shop.
John Condliffe, 53, who pleaded guilty to arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Wednesday, denied a charge of theft, which was ordered to lie on file by the court.
Condliffe, of no fixed address, will be sentenced in the week beginning 26 August.
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