The sentencing of a patient who set fire to his room at a Devon care home had been delayed for a week.
Mark Chapman is likely to be sent to a mental hospital for treatment but the necessary arrangements were not in place when his case was heard at Exeter Crown Court.
The 46-year-old set fire to his bed at the Meadows Residential Home in Anstey Way, Instow, in May last year because he wanted to be moved away from it.
Residents and staff were evacuated after the fire alarm activated. He had locked the room with him in a corridor outside where he told police and firefighters he had started the fire deliberately.
Chapman, aged 47, who is now in a secure hospital at Llanarth, Wales, was declared unfit to plead but found guilty of arson by a jury in his absence last week.
He was due to be taken to the local magistrates court in Wales by hospital staff so he could appear at Exeter by video link but the arrangements broke down.
Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, adjourned the case for a further week, when Chapman will receive a hospital order.
In the case last week the jury heard that Chapman was the sole resident of Room 11 at the home when the fire broke out at 11 pm on May 24 last year and other residents were evacuated.
He told the police he had set fire to the bed with a lighter because he wanted to move home and start a new life.
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