A man on trial for murdering five people by setting the Loafers Lodge boarding house on fire in 2023 is accused of using a knife in the days before the fire, with the defence arguing he was mentally unwell due to a month-long medication lapse, while the Crown maintains he knew he
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facts suggest suicide, not murder
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