Five years for arsonist

A drug addict who broke into a house and caused €100,000 damage by setting it on fire while playing with matches has been given a five years sentence by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Five years for arsonist

A drug addict who broke into a house and caused €100,000 damage by setting it on fire while playing with matches has been given a five years sentence by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Thomas Kelly, (aged 20) of Whitestown Avenue, Blanchardstown pleaded guilty to arson and the theft of two guitars from a home in Palmerstown in Feburary last year.

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