Jamie Kyne, 18, from County Galway, in the Irish Republic, and Jan Wilson, 19, from Forfar in Angus, died in the fire at flats near Malton in September. Peter Brown, 37, of Brotherton, North Yorkshire, was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter. Leeds Crown Court heard Brown started the fire after being refused entry to a party. Sentencing was adjourned. Brown, a labourer originally from the Aberdeen area, denied murder and two alternative charges of manslaughter. He was also acquitted of arson with intent to endanger life. Mrs Justice Nicola Davies adjourned sentencing for the completion of a pre-sentence report, telling Brown it was "so I can have full information about the danger you pose".
Prosecutors told the jury that Brown, who refused to give evidence at his trial, started the fire when he lit rubbish in the communal entrance to the Buckrose Court flats in Norton on 5 September 2009.
The court was told the father-of-one, who lived in a neighbouring block and was a former caretaker for the complex, started the fire as an act of revenge after he was refused entry to a party in one of the flats.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8693997.stm
Prosecutors told the jury that Brown, who refused to give evidence at his trial, started the fire when he lit rubbish in the communal entrance to the Buckrose Court flats in Norton on 5 September 2009.
The court was told the father-of-one, who lived in a neighbouring block and was a former caretaker for the complex, started the fire as an act of revenge after he was refused entry to a party in one of the flats.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8693997.stm
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