Police Taser blamed for fireball death in Plymouth

An inquest jury has decided that a Taser fired by a police officer was the most likely cause of a fire which engulfed and killed a man in Plymouth.

Andrew Pimlott, 32, had poured petrol over himself and was holding a lit match when he was hit in the back garden of his parents' house in April 2013.

He died a few days later from severe burns.

The BBC's Jon Kay reports.

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