A man has denied setting fire to a rooftop shisha cafe.
Imtiyas Patel (28) pleaded not guilty to arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered, at the Cloud Nine Shisha Café, Curzon Works, Curzon Street, St Matthews, on October 25 last year.
The Leicester Crown Court hearing was adjourned for a one day trial in July.
Patel of Herschell Street, off London Road, Leicester, was released on bail.
Around 60 fire fighters attended the blaze which destroyed the bar and smoking area on the roof of the Curzonia knitwear factory and part of the factory building's fourth floor.
