Irish jockey death blaze evidence 'flimsy'

Lawyers for a man accused of killing two young jockeys in a flat fire told a jury today the strength of the evidence against him “is not something you would hang an old coat on, let alone convict a man for the offence of murder”.

Peter Brown (aged 37) is accused of starting a fire in a block of flats in Norton, North Yorkshire, which killed Jamie Kyne, 18, from Kiltrogue, Co Galway, and Jan Wilson, 19, from Forfar, Scotland.