Inquiry into Multiple Fires - 10 Railway St Lidcombe, 20 Bennelong Crescent Bellevue Hill, 38-42 Seville St Fairfield East
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2016-01-18
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Coronial inquiry into four deliberately lit fires at Sydney properties (Fairfield 2006-2009, Bellevue Hill 2009, Lidcombe 2010). Each fire involved stolen vehicles loaded with accelerants driven through building entrances causing over $5 million total damage. Suspicion fell on the Merhi brothers due to pre-fire disputes with victims over business and construction matters, but no direct evidence definitively linked them. DNA evidence from one fire implicated the Alameddine brothers but circumstances of DNA deposition were unclear and inconclusive. Coroner concluded perpetrators could not be definitively identified. Case highlighted inadequate initial investigation of the first three fires and that serious arsonists remained unpunished.
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