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1. This is an appeal against sentence. The appellant was convicted of the offence of arson. The allegation was that she poured some kerosene across the front door of her boy friend's flat and set it alight. The end result was that her boy friend, in an attempt to put out the fire, suffered very severe burns 40 degree burns. His aged mother, who is 89, tripped while she tried to escape and hurt herself only slightly. This, on the fact of it, is a very serious offence. But there are extensive miti
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