Man pleads guilty to deliberately lighting Mt Warrigal house on fire

By Shannon Tonkin
Updated October 12 2017 - 7:29pm, first published 7:14pm
Intent: Anthony Flanders has admitted in court he deliberately set his partner's son's Chapman Avenue unit on fire in a drunken rage. The blaze caused thousands of dollars in damage and property loss. Picture: Robert Peet
Intent: Anthony Flanders has admitted in court he deliberately set his partner's son's Chapman Avenue unit on fire in a drunken rage. The blaze caused thousands of dollars in damage and property loss. Picture: Robert Peet

A 52-year-old man charged with deliberately setting a Mt Warrigal home on fire earlier this year initially tried to blame the blaze on a cigarette, a court has heard.

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