Tag: arson
Charge follows Lyttelton house fire
A psychiatric report has been ordered for a 28-year-old man charged with an arson that destroyed a Lyttelton house on Monday afternoon.
Near neighbour accused of church fire
The man accused of setting fire to St Margaret’s Presbyterian Church in Farrington Avenue, Bishopdale, on May 15, is a near neighbour.
Suppression for church arson accused
Interim suppression has been granted on the grounds of “potential extreme hardship” to a man accused of the arson of St Margaret’s Presbyterian Church in Bishopdale.
Repeated Westport arson attacks alleged
Three arson attacks on the same Westport house are alleged against a man now staying at the Christchurch City Mission.
Family feud led to house being torched
A family feud led to a woman burning down the Darfield house where her sister and two children lived.
Charge dropped over city squatters’ pad
A charge of setting fire to a squatters’ pad in central Christchurch has been dropped by the Crown.
Man set fire to drilling rig
A 25-year-old man’s Akaroa arson that destroyed a $350,000 drilling machine was meant to be a money-making scheme.
$2m damage from fire lighter, court told
The diagnosed pyromanic who caused $2 million of damage when he burnt down Image Vault has spoken of his enjoyment of the beauty of fires.
Police seek Parklands arson witnesses
The police are appealing for witnesses to a series of fires in Parklands.
South Brighton arson charge denied
A 17-year-old denies an arson charge relating to a fire in the dunes at South Brighton that threatened several houses.
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