Jury mulls a verdict for a man accused of killing 5 by setting fire to a New Zealand boarding house

The 50-year-old man, whose name was suppressed for the duration of the trial at the High Court in Wellington, pleaded not guilty to murder and arson charges for allegedly starting the May 2023 fire that killed five men at Loafers Lodge, a 92-bed hostel. His lawyers didn’t deny that their client lit...

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