Arsonist Torched Himself, Court Hears
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- A bungling arsonist who allegedly tried three times to torch a hairdressing salon ended up setting himself ablaze, an Australian court heard Monday.
Shane Long was allegedly hired to set fire to the salon by neighboring shop owner Erich Alexander Sorger.
Prosecutor Kate Youngson told Brisbane District Court that Sorger, who has pleaded innocent to four arson charges, set fire to his TV repair shop in the east coast city of Brisbane in March 2004 and then hired Long to set fire to the hairdressing salon, in a possible attempt to throw police off the scent.
But Long, who allegedly was paid 400 Australian dollars ($300), proved to be a hapless arsonist, failing on three separate occasions to set the salon alight and ending up torching his own clothes with a petrol bomb, Youngson said. He was not injured.
Long has been charged with being an accessory to the arson. His case is being dealt with separately.
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Would this be tha same Long family that created the last fire ?
Umm
Zibby says ................... :t
