Woman used aerosol and lighter on boiler in bid to blow up Leeds flats
A woman who said she heard voices tried to blow up her block of flats to kill herself and everyone inside.
Kellie Carter was detained in a secure hospital after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
She admitted a charge of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
She appeared at Leeds Crown Court this week over a video link from Newton Lodge in Wakefield, where she was being detained.
The court heard that on July 2 last year she had used a piece of slate to damage a pipe to the boiler, situated to the entrance of her flat on Farrow Green, Farnley.
She then took an aerosol and lighter and started a fire at the boiler. She then went upstairs to her flat and dialled 999.
The emergency services arrived and were able to quickly extinguish the flames.
Carter confessed to what she had done, telling them that she intended to kill herself and everyone else in the flats.
She said she wanted to silence the voices in her head.
Having undergone examinations by various doctors, they all agreed that she has schizophrenia and needs treatment.
It was recommended she be given a hospital order.
Judge Neil Clark agreed with the recommendation, giving Clark a section 37 hospital order with section 41 restrictions.
This means she is detained in a psychiatric unit rather than prison, and her eventual release can only be sanctioned by the secretary of state.