Michael O'Brien said he started the blaze to alert people to men 'causing trouble' outside his room.
Michael O'Brien, 48, now of no fixed abode, later said he started the blaze at The Alexander hotel inas it was the only way to alert people to men "causing trouble" outside his room after police seized his mobile phone the previous day.
Prosecutor Robin Roach added a number of residents forced their way into the burning room as they waited for emergency services to arrive and found it was full of "very thick smoke." Police examined CCTV footage from the hotel as part of their investigation and found no group of people outside O'Brien's room, according to the prosecutor.
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