CCTV footage shown in Loafers Lodge murder trial

Monday 1 September 2025 · 7 outlets · 4 reports · updated Tue 2 Sep 2025, 5:00am

A High Court jury in Wellington has viewed CCTV footage appearing to show a 50-year-old man lighting the fatal Loafers Lodge fire in May 2023. The man, who has name suppression, denies killing five people. His lawyer has revealed that the accused suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.

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1. RNZMon 1 Sep 2025, 3:53pm

   CCTV appears to show murder-accused lighting Loafers Lodge fire (opens in new tab)

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   • Lawyer reveals man accused of lighting Loafers Lodge fire had paranoid schizophrenia (opens in new tab) Tue 2 Sep 2025, 5:00am
2. NZ HeraldMon 1 Sep 2025, 5:41pm

   CCTV appears to show murder-accused lighting fatal Loafers Lodge fire (opens in new tab)

3. 1NewsMon 1 Sep 2025, 6:29pm

   Loafers Lodge fire: Man killed in blaze helped accused get in (opens in new tab)