Pictured: 'Very intelligent' Winchester College boarder who hurled homemade firebombs onto the M3 because he 'wanted to kill someone' as he is jailed for nearly five years

Nicholas Elger threw bombs onto motorway because he 'wanted to kill someone'

The 17-year-old was a pupil at the time at Winchester College boarding school

Elger caused £40million damage to the economy and a ten-hour long traffic jam

He has been jailed for four-and-a-half years at Winchester Crown Court

By SEBASTIAN MURPHY-BATES FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 00:30 BST, 13 July 2018 | UPDATED: 09:54 BST, 13 July 2018

A 'very intelligent' public schoolboy who 'wanted to kill somebody' by throwing firebombs on to a motorway has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Nicholas Elger was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court for two arson charges for the two attacks on the M3 in September 2017.

The second incident caused the motorway to be closed at Winchester for 11 hours leading to major delays and causing £40 million damage to the economy.

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