13 May 2025

12-year-old sentenced for manslaughter after lighting house fire

From Checkpoint, 4:45 pm on 13 May 2025

A 12-year-old boy who deliberately lit a house fire, in which a woman died, has been told his actions destroyed many lives, including his own. In the High Court at Palmerston North on Tuesday the boy, who is now 17, was sentenced for the woman's manslaughter. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham spoke to Lisa Owen.