The 48-year-old had also already served seven months on remand, the equivalent of a 14 month prison sentence, a longer jail term than he would have received had he been dealt with sooner. As a result he walked free from the court after completing paperwork in the cells. CCTV shows Fielding, who was homeless at the time, discarding a polystyrene burger box packaging inside the bin. The court heard that Fielding was also in the habit of picking up discarded cigarette butts to see if there was any tobacco left for him to smoke. This was what ignited the fire. Moments later smoke and then fire can be seen rising from inside the Worcester City Council bin on Sunday, May 10 last year. After pleading guilty to arson on a reckless basis, Fielding said: “I am so sorry. It was completely accidental. But I plead guilty.”