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fire-raising

in Scots criminal law, wilful fire-raising is the crime of setting a fire with the intention so to do.
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Fire-raiser Mark Eaton was recently jailed for four years for a bizarre revenge attack as mum Karen and the children slept in their first-floor maisonette in Cathedral Court, Gateshead.
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The Lords is also not only a terrific job-creation scheme, with a record 789 squeezed on to the red benches, but also a terrific rehabilitation centre for ex-offenders such as the fire-raiser Lord Watson and perjurer, Lord Archer.
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Fire-raiser Mark Eaton struck in a bizarre revenge attack as mum Karen Rusted and her three children slept.
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A convicted fire-raiser who put lives at risk by tampering with a gas meter has been warned he faces years behind bars unless he mends his ways.
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The fire-raiser, from St George's Cross, Glasgow, was caught on CCTV and traced through the taxi firm he called to pick him up from the centre in Pollokshields.
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She said the fire-raiser was dealt with "according to school disciplinary procedures".
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The fire-raiser struck twice at Lydgate Court, off Coton Road, Nuneaton, yesterday, first at 2.
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