Police have charged a 38-year-old man with murder and arson after the remains of 36-year-old man Bor Ador Deng were found in a Canberra house last week.
A 38-year-old man has been charged with murder and arson after a house fire in the Canberra suburb of Holt. Police have charged a 38-year-old Canberra man with murder and arson following a fatal house fire Holt last week.
Detective Acting Superintendent Stephen Ladd said officers investigating the fire had searched a house in the suburb of Turner yesterday as part of their investigations. "Police will allege that after a dispute between the men that has been ongoing over the past few weeks, the gentleman that’s been charged went to the residence and set the fire deliberately.''“We do know they were known to each other. They weren’t related but are part of the same community,’’Superintendent Ladd said Mr Ador Deng had lived in the house for several years and had recently been away for a few weeks.Superintendent Ladd said it was unlikely to be inhabitable again.
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