US Edition"Someone Else Done It": Man Charged In Deadly New Zealand Hostel Fire
- The confirmed death toll from a fire at a Wellington hostel in New Zealand has been lowered from six to five, as police continue to search the building.
- A man charged with two counts of arson in connection with the fire has made his first court appearance and has been ordered to be held in jail until his next court appearance on 19 June.
- Police are treating the case as a homicide investigation and could add more serious charges. The man faces up to 14 years in prison if found guilty.
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New Zealand police lower hostel fire death toll to 5; man held in jail on arson charges
New Zealand police on Friday lowered the confirmed death toll from a Wellington hostel fire from six people to five, although they said they still haven't finished searching the dangerous four-story building.
Man charged over fatal Wellington hostel fire, five bodies found
Sydney, Australia, May 19 (EFE).- A man appeared in a court in New Zealand’s capital on Friday facing two charges of arson following a fatal blaze at a hostel in which police have now located five bodies. The man appeared in Wellington District Court on one charge related to a couch fire on the third floor of Loafers Lodge on Monday night, and another related to the blaze that engulfed the building in the early hours of Tuesday morning, public b…
‘Someone else done it’: Man charged in deadly NZ hostel fire
WELLINGTON, May 19 — A 48-year-old man accused of igniting a New Zealand hostel fire that killed at least five people claimed that someone else started the blaze during a court appearance today. During the hearing, he shouted: “I need bail, I need a good lawyer. Someone else done it.” Prosecutors charged him with two counts of arson: setting the four-storey Loafers Lodge on fire in the early hours of Tuesday, and burning a couch earlier in the b…
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