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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Eight years' jail for arsonist with no regrets
Arsonist Phoebe O'Donaghue has no remorse and no empathy for the family whose house she torched as they slept, a Probation Service report says.
<i>Andrew Hooker:</i> How insurers accuse customers of dishonesty
You might be surprised how often insurance companies call their customers liars, fraudsters or criminals, and the flimsy basis on which they sometimes do so.
'Hold still' - Man captures arson on cellphone
A man used his cellphone camera to take a photo of people at the scene of the alleged arson of a 4WD vehicle near Te Puke.
Three arrested over west Auckland blaze
Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged arson and burglary of a west Auckland discount store gutted in a fire early today.
Man 'helping police' after huge blaze
At least one man is "helping police with inquiries" after a suspicious blaze gutted a West Auckland discount shop overnight.
Netball boss facing arson charges resigns
The chief executive of Canterbury Netball and the Tactix trans-Tasman netball championship franchise has resigned.
Insurer ordered to pay for house deliberately set alight
AMI Insurance has been ordered to pay for damage to a leaky building in the Auckland suburb of Epsom that was deliberately set alight.




























