Last week the Court of Appeal held that Benjamin Eade and Brent Vanstone were not guilty of destroying a building by fire when they deliberately lit plastic wrapping on milk crates in that building, and that fire subsequently burnt down the Camperdown Milk and Cheese Factory.Eade v The Queen [2012] VSCA 142 considered Crimes Act …

Continue reading Eade v The Queen [2012] VSCA 142: unintended arson doesn't deserve jail

Last week the Court of Appeal held that Benjamin Eade and Brent Vanstone were not guilty of destroying a building by fire when they deliberately lit plastic wrapping on milk crates in that building, and that fire subsequently burnt down the Camperdown Milk and Cheese Factory.Eade v The Queen [2012] VSCA 142 considered Crimes Act …

Continue reading Eade v The Queen [2012] VSCA 142: unintended arson doesn’t deserve jail