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WA: Firefighter found guilty of deliberately lighting fire
AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2007
WA: Firefighter found guilty of deliberately lighting fire
PERTH, Dec 7 AAP - A jury has found a volunteer firefighter guilty of deliberately
lighting one fire in the Perth hills, but acquitted him on charges of lighting six others,
his defence team says.
Christopher William Robert Spooner, 21, of Glen Forrest, was tried in the Western Australian
District Court on charges of wilfully lighting seven fires between September and November
2005.
One of his defence lawyers, Laura Timpano, said the jury delivered its verdict shortly
after 9.30pm (WDT) tonight, after deliberating for about six hours.
He was charged under the WA Bushfires Act, under which it must be proved the fires
were likely to injure people or damage property.
Spooner had pleaded not guilty to all seven charges, despite admitting to lighting
three of the fires.
He denied he lit four fires which occurred within his Darlington Volunteer Bushfire
Brigade's area of responsibility, but admitted to lighting three others in the neighbouring
Glen Forest zone.
His lawyer Tom Percy QC previously told the court the three "low risk" fires Spooner
did light were not likely to cause damage to people or property and he was therefore not
guilty.
The charge Spooner was found guilty on related to one of the three fires he admitted
to lighting, Ms Timpano told AAP.
Ms Timpano said Spooner would be sentenced in January.
AAP srp/ao
KEYWORD: SPOONER VERDICT
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