See the flats above? Arson with intent to endanger life hes going down for a long while.
Mr Moron torches Miss Selfridge: The moment thug set fire to dress and caused High Street inferno (... a man is now helping police with their inquiries)
- Suspect arrested on suspicion of arson
- Store bosses estimate costs will run into tens of thousands
- Officers on horseback and with dogs flush out rioters
By ROB COOPER
Last updated at 2:00 AM on 11th August 2011
A brazen thug is caught on camera torching a Miss Selfridge store and causing a High Street inferno.
The hooded yob watches from just yards away while the red dress in the window goes up in flames, unaware that he is being filmed as the whole store front rapidly catches fire.
The callous yob set the store alight as hundreds of youths went on the rampage in Manchester city centre last night.
Today an 18-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of arson this afternoon outside the boarded up store - after allegedly going back to have a look at what he had done.
Now scroll down to see the video
With sickening care, the hooded yob reaches through the smashed window of the Miss Selfridge store in Manchester and sets fire to a red dress on a mannequin
A suspect is arrested in the centre of Manchester today and put into a police van
Hundreds of riot police had tried to move crowds who had gathered on Piccadilly Gardens, leading to running battles with youngsters wearing masks and hoods as violence spread north.
In the video posted on YouTube, the thug stands with a group of suspected rioters wearing a grey Adidas hooded top and a JD Sports bag.
With dozens of teenagers milling around in the area, he leans through the smashed window of the store which had its shutters down and carefully sets the dress on fire.
But instead of running away he walks across the street to watch the results of his handiwork - before looking straight at the camera.
Flame quickly shoots up the red dress in the Miss Selfridge window
In just 60 seconds the small flame has ignited the whole shop window. The fire was later put out before it spread to neighbouring businesses.
Today store bosses were counting the cost of the damage which is thought to run into tens of thousands of pounds.
Stores including Swarovski, T-Mobile, French Connection and Marks & Spencer all had their windows smashed in the city centre.
The mob had almost total control of the streets for more than an hour and a half before deployments of plain-clothed police – some armed with telescopic truncheons – made raids on specific targets to apprehend looters.
Within seconds, the fire has taken hold of the dress and has begun to spread
Flames roar from the store front, which is completely ablaze within a minute of the yob setting fire to the dress
Unaware that he has been captured on camera, he watches from across the street as the store on the city's Market Street rapidly goes up in flames
About 100 yobs looted shops including Foot Asylum in the Arndale Centre.
Liam Gallagher's recently opened fashion boutique in King Street had its windows smashed and looters cleaned it out.
In Swarovski, two looters were arrested by a team of five plain-clothed officers and they had to call for backup as they were surrounded by a baying mob of around 50 masked men.
Officers on horseback and dog handlers walked through the streets, flushing out rioters. But gangs moved off and smashed up a Sainsbury’s store before gathering on the main Deansgate thoroughfare.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: 'A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after Miss Selfridges in Manchester was set alight. The shop on Market Street was set alight during violence and disorder in the city on Tuesday 10 August 2011.
'An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of arson in Manchester at 2pm. He remains in police custody for questioning.'
The spokesman added that he had been arrested on Market Street.
Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said: 'This is a prime example of how quickly we are working. Only 18 hours after the incident, we have turned around the CCTV and identified someone we want to speak to in connection with this offence.
'We will work just as quickly through all the hundreds of hours of material at our disposal to ensure the right people end up in front of the courts and face justice for their actions.'
Greater Manchester Fire Service said that they dealt with 155 fires across the city last night.
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The thugs have vanished as a police officer in riot gear notices the blazing store on Market Street in the centre of the city
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