Canadian Heavy Metal Fan Pleads Guilty To Setting Church
Fires
According to Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada's Source, a 17-year-old
Thunder Bay youth will return to court next month for sentencing
after pleading to guilty to charges related to a bizarre arson
case.
The young man was apprehended on October 14 after breaking into and
setting fires at two Balmoral Street churches. Evidence heard in
the case indicates the youth had been influenced by listening to
heavy metal music and had learned to make the napalm used to set
the fires on the Internet.
Damage to one of the churches was estimated at about $100,000 while
the repair bill at the other was about $12,000. The accused was
convicted Friday on two counts each of break-and-enter and arson.
He'll be sentenced on February 20.