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  •   Home > News > Law and Order

    A 17-year-old has been sentenced to a year's home detention for fatally setting a sleeping woman on fire in 2020, aged 12

    A 17-year-old has been sentenced to a year's home detention for fatally setting a sleeping woman on fire in 2020, aged 12


    Open Justice reports the boy poured petrol on the women's bed and lit it, after a disagreement.

    He pleaded guilty this year to an amended charge of manslaughter.

    At the High Court in Palmerston North today the crown prosecutor stressed it wasn't a plea deal.

    Reporter Jeremy Wilkinson says the teen's been granted several discounts.

    He says it includes his young age, his difficult home life, and the guilty plea.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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