Serial arsonist firefighter

Hart-Dehar was sentenced in August to six years and three months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to 14 charges, including 12 counts of arson, one attempted arson and one burglary.

His friend, Tainui Kahui was imprisoned for five years. But the serial arsonist's identity has remained suppressed ever since he was arrested in May It was first kept a secret for more than a year, in part, because Fire and Emergency New Zealand FENZ wished to keep his firefighting history from the public.

Suppression was then continued after Hart-Dehar faced further charges for sexual offending, alongside another man when he was a year-old, after a party in April Eventually, Hart-Dehar pleaded guilty to sexual violation by rape, sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and attempting to pervert the course of justice, which involved several attempts while in custody to pressure the victim to drop the allegations.

He was sentenced in April this year to a cumulative prison term of two years and three months for the sexual violence charges and a further cumulative sentence of six months for the corruption conviction. The judge also declined to make an order for permanent name suppression. In September, Hart-Dehar appealed his latest prison sentences and the suppression decision to the High Court at Auckland.

His lawyer, Victoria Letele, did not pursue permanent name suppression on the basis of extreme hardship to Hart-Dehar but instead for his mother Dhea Hart, who is a high-ranking firefighter and studying to become a senior station officer. Graham was convicted of one count of second-degree arson in Boone County in June for a fire that killed 12 horses in a barn southwest of Ames. You must enable JavaScript in your browser to view and post comments.

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