New Zealand man convicted of murder for boarding house fire that killed five tenants

The 2023 Loafers Lodge fire provoked outrage about the dilapidated and often unregulated state of boarding houses in New ZealandA New Zealand jury has convicted a man of murder and arson for setting fire to a Wellington boarding house where he lived that killed five fellow tenants, in a case which provoked outrage about the dilapidated and often unregulated state of boarding houses, which mostly accommodate low-income people with few options.The jury at the high court in Wellington reached the v...