MAN SET FIRE TO HIS FLAT 'TO SMOKE OUT NINJAS'
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10:15 - 15 August 2006
A man suffering from hallucinations set fire to his flat to smoke out "the Ninjas" hiding under his bed, Leicester Crown Court heard.

Stanley Turner suffered the temporary delusional illness when trying to wean himself off alcohol.

The fire caused almost £17,000 damage to the flat where he lived and the one below, in High Street, Oakham.

Mark Watson, prosecuting, said at 6am, on March 27, this year, the neighbour in the flat below heard banging and then saw the defendant outside. The 45-year-old told her there was a small fire and kept insisting he could see a woman in the hallway, when no-one was there.

The fire service arrived to find the bedroom on fire. Turner told a fire officer he had also set alight a toilet roll in the flat to "smoke out Ninjas from under his bed".

He was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary and was an in-patient for four days. When interviewed on March 31, he told officers he had been tormented by hallucinations of people in his flat and started the blaze to get rid of them.

He claimed to have drunk four cans of cider beforehand. A binge drinker, he gave up spirits to drink wine and then changed to cider.

"Temporary psychosis was induced by the alcohol and the manner in which he'd changed his tipple," said Tamia Tago, defending.

Turner, who admitted arson, received a 52-week jail sentence, suspended for two years, and a supervision order, which will include assistance with his drink problem.


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haha, i thought this here was hilarious

Lol, quite funny indeed!

What a nerd!

Don't drink kids, then don't try to scare away ninjas! They're not going to leave. I'm surprised the guy didn't set the courtroom on fire. I'm shure the ninjas were there, laughing.

Poor ninjas.

This has got to be the weirdest thing I have ever read. I never knew trying to get off alcohol makes you hallucinate. Although, it would have been awesome if there were actual ninjas hiding under the bed. Also, like Damnated said, you can't scare a ninja away with fire.

Written by Elijah on 17.08.2006 at 00:53

Poor ninjas.

Yeah! Think of the ninjas...

Written by Guest on 17.08.2006 at 01:46

Written by Elijah on 17.08.2006 at 00:53

Poor ninjas.

Yeah! Think of the ninjas...

Yeah, I think of the ninjas too...

Wow, I think I might feel sorry for the dude.

Nah, I feel more sorry for the ninjas.

at least he didnt think he was an orange and try to peal himself!

Haha this is funny and weird.

Think id prefer to live with Ninjas than to risk being raped in jail

Written by jizzlord on 31.08.2006 at 18:35

at least he didnt think he was an orange and try to peal himself!

That cannot be caused by simple hallucinations though, I believe. You gotta take something like mushrooms to be THAT fucked up. Even there, you gotta take quite a bit of shrooms for that to happen...

Dude, what type of alcohol did he drink!? I've been drunk, but never to the point of seeing ninjas under my bed

Written by SilentScream on 01.09.2006 at 17:41


That cannot be caused by simple hallucinations though, I believe. You gotta take something like mushrooms to be THAT fucked up. Even there, you gotta take quite a bit of shrooms for that to happen...

i think the whole orange thing was some urban legend about some dude trafficing lsd by hiding it on his person

Its quite sad... the man should get rid of the halucinations problem soon or he might invite something worse...