Taiwan woman gets life sentence over blaze that killed 46

TAIPEI, Aug 5 — A Taiwanese woman who set off the island's deadliest fire in decades to get back at her boyfriend escaped the death penalty today as the court handed down a life sentence.

Authorities had said the blaze started when the defendant Huang Ke-ke, 51, left unextinguished incense ashes on a sofa before leaving the building.Prosecutors said she deliberately started the fire to"embarrass" her boyfriend, who she suspected of cheating, and had shown no remorse for her actions. "The defendant didn't have motive to inflict damage on other residents in the building... the murder offence didn't stand because she didn't deliberately" cause the deaths, the court said in a statement.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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