Jail for arson conspiracy
PA Auckland A youth, aged 17, has been jailed for 18 months for his part in the $710,000 Panmure Woolworth’s arson in January. Leon Collin Wilson, of South Auckland, planned to set fire to the supermarket as a diversion for a nearby burglary, the High Court in
Auckland was told on Tuesday. His two teen-age accomplices, now serving jail terms of two and four years, lit the fire while he waited by the building to be burgled. Mr Justice Hillyer said the new Criminal Justice Act did not recommend fulltime custodial sentences for
crimes against property. But these were exceptional circumstances, he said. Wilson had a long history of offending and had planned and calculated the arson for personal gain. He jailed Wilson for 18 months for conspiracy to commit arson and a year for taking two cars to commit the burglary.
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