Friday, 11 January 2008

Police charge Gosnells man over Westfield fire

as posted on PerthNow

POLICE have charged a 45-year-old man with deliberately settling fire to grass an vacant property at Westfield early Thursday morning.

Armadale Police and a Fire and Emergency Service crew were called to the fire on Westfield Rd around 12.30am and fire fighters quickly brought the flames under control.

The grassed area and a fence were burnt.

A witness gave police a description of a man seen in the vicinity at the time of the fire and officers searched the area and detained a man fitting the description of the alleged offender
walking on Ypres Rd.

Police later charged a 45-year-old Gosnells man with criminal damage by fire and he will appear in the Armadale Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

as posted on PerthNow