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Broome Primary School arsonist jailed for five years over fire and prison break
A prison escapee who set fire to a WA primary school last year has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and ordered to pay more than $1 million in compensation.
Key points:
- A Broome woman will spend an extra four years in jail over a fire that destroyed parts of a century-old school in the Kimberley
- Maude Dixon had escaped from Broome Regional Prison and was attempting to evade police when she lit the blaze on January 12 last year
- She was recaptured, but not before the fire caused a damage bill in excess of $8 million
The court heard Maude Dixon, then 22, was detained at Broome Regional Prison when she used a cigarette lighter to set fire to a puzzle book that she then threw onto a mattress.
Prosecutor David Robinson said the cell…
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