Man Starts Fatal Fire After Dispute over Sale of Dog: 14 Years in Prison

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A 66-year-old man from Ridderkerk has been sentenced to fourteen years in prison for causing an explosion and a fatal fire in a house in Vroomshoop. Two residents and three dogs died in that fire at the end of 2024. The Public Prosecution Service demanded a twelve-year prison sentence last month. The court imposed a higher sentence because "the man took the law into his own hands in one of the most drastic ways imaginable," according to the judg…