Bay d'Espoir arsonist Donald Craig MacHaight pleads guilty
A man charged with setting three fires that damaged community buildings on the south coast of Newfoundland in January entered guilty pleas Wednesday.
MacHaight admits to setting 3 fires that damaged school, town hall, RCMP building
Donald Craig MacHaight has admitted to setting three fires which damaged crucial community buildings in the Bay D'Espoir region in January.
MacHaight pleaded guilty to three counts of arson in Newfoundland and Labrador provincial court in Grand Falls-Windsor on Wednesday afternoon.
A sentencing hearing will be held in December.
Donald Craig MacHaight has plead guilty to three counts of arson to property for the Jan. 17 fires in Bay D'Espoir. #cbcnl pic.twitter.com/wNq0jWPdNF
—@GarrettBarryMacHaightwas charged with setting fires at Bay d'Espoir Academy, the Milltown-Bayd'Espoir town hall, and the region's RCMP detachment.
The school was extensively damaged, and students had to be relocated to a neighbouring town.
With files from Garrett Barry
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