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16 May 2025
Arsonist used diesel to light pergola, motorbikes on fire

A POREPUNKAH woman who committed arson at a Seamer Street home did so as an act of retaliation towards its residents, a court has heard.

Jesslyn Ellis, 40, faced Wangaratta Magistrates Court on Thursday, pleading guilty to charges of criminal damage with fire and reckless conduct endangering life, after she used diesel to ignite a pergola and two motorbikes at the residence in the early hours of Ja...

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