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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Charlotte Graham-McLay

New Zealand jury convicts man of murder for boarding house fire that killed 5 fellow tenants

New Zealand Boarding House Fire - (STUFF LTD)

A New Zealand jury convicted a man of murder and arson Friday for setting the fire at the boarding house where he lived that killed five fellow tenants.

The jury at the High Court in Wellington reached the verdicts against Esarona David Lologa after less than three days of deliberations, rejecting the defense of insanity argued by Lologa’s lawyers.

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