A Lytham St Annes woman threatened to burn her former boyfriend alive by setting fire to the boat he lived on.



Sharon Watson told police she intended taking the grisly revenge because he had ended their relationship.

Watson, aged 44, of St Georges Lane, pleaded guilty to making threats to kill.

Prosecutor, Pam Smith, said on February 16 at 8.30pm Watson rang police and said she had mental health problems, felt low and wanted to talk.

She then repeatedly made threats saying she was going to harm her former boyfriend who lived on a boat at Lancaster.

The prosecutor added: "She said he had done nothing to harm her but she wanted revenge on him.

"She repeatedly said she would set fire to his boat while he was inside and that she did not care about the consequences."

When a mental health worker spoke to Watson she told the worker she was going to get a train to Lancaster, fill a cannister with petrol, then throw it over the boat and set it ablaze with him inside.

Police felt there was a real possibility she would carry out her threat and arrested her.

Defence lawyer, Robert Castle, asked for psychiatric reports on his client and did not request bail for her Watson was remanded in custody to appear for sentence at Preston Crown Court on March 21 by Blackpool magistrates.