A 50-year old man, whose name is suppressed, faces five counts of murder and one of arson over the 2023 fire.

His lawyers claim he's not guilty by reason of insanity.

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30 Sep: A number of buildings in Wellington will eventually not be deemed earthquake-prone, under a proposed rule change

29 Sep: A Wellington man was shot by police, arrested, and hospitalised after a standoff in Wadestown over the weekend

27 Sep: Mount Victoria Tunnel in Wellington's been is closed following a three-vehicle crash

27 Sep: Indication on why the court case for the man who lit Wellington's Loafers Lodge on fire stretched across five long weeks

27 Sep: A criminal law expert says the trial for the man who set Wellington's Loafers Lodge on fire was a typical case of insanity being pleaded

26 Sep: The sister of a man who died in the fatal Loafers Lodge fire was in tears as the verdict was delivered in the High Court at Wellington

26 Sep: The guilty verdict in the trial of the fatal Loafers Lodge fire was made by a jury of only 10 people

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