Further psychiatric tests are to be carried out on a man who is accused of setting light to his bungalow in a Devon village.
Steven Dykes, aged 62, is currently being assessed at Langdon Hospital and his case cannot be dealt with until medical reports are completed, Exeter Crown Court was told.
Dykes was arrested after a fire damaged his bungalow at St Swithun's Gardens in Sandford, near Crediton in April. He was found suffering from smoke inhalation after firefighters were called to the scene.
Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, gave permission to extend custody time limits for a further month after being told that his defence team are still awaiting final psychiatric reports.
Dykes, who is also known as Paulaue Saulaue, is technically in custody but is being held at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish.
He is charged with arson, being reckless whether life was endangered.
