Jury out for arson case
A jury at Oxford Crown Court has started considering its verdict in the trial of a businessman accused of starting a house fire that forced tenants to jump for their lives.
Martin Nganga, of Tiverton Road, Wembley, London, has pleaded not guilty to arson with intent to endanger life in the early hours of January 29 last year. The 46-year-old is accused of pouring petrol into the hallway of a house in Mallard Close, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, and causing the blaze.
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