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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Pilgrim

Man fails in bid to clear his name over 1970s Hull fatal fires

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A man convicted over a series of fatal fires in Hull in the 1970s has failed in a Court of Appeal bid to clear his name, despite seeing some convictions overturned.

Peter Tredget, previously known as Bruce Lee and Peter Dinsdale, had originally confessed to responsibility for the blazes in houses around the East Yorkshire city between 1973 and 1979.

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