Media release

Fire arrest – Coconut Grove

Police

Police have arrested and charged a 47-year-old woman in relation to a structure fire that occurred in Coconut Grove Tuesday night, 7 June 2011

Police and NT Fire and Rescue members attended the scene on Runge Street at around 10:50 pm and extinguished the unit blaze.

It is alleged that the woman deliberately lit the fire after a domestic incident between her and her 42-year-old partner.

She was arrested yesterday and has since been charged with unlawfully set fire to a building and unlawfully damage property and will appear in the Darwin Magistrate's Court at a later date.



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