Jamie Taylor pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh.

A man has pleaded guilty to endangering a police officer’s life after throwing Molotov cocktails at vans outside a police station.

Jamie Taylor, 34, also known as Jamie Heggie, threw petrol-filled canisters towards Livingston Police Station and nearby vehicles on the evening of May 30 this year, Police Scotland said.

CCTV footage shows Taylor throwing three petrol bombs at a line of police vans parked outside the station, with one exploding near the feet of an officer battling the flames with a fire extinguisher.

Taylor pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday.

Inspector Lindsey McIntyre said: “This was a totally reckless act by Taylor, endangering the lives of all officers and staff who were within the stati

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