Phone tower data places alleged arsonist in ‘vicinity’ of Adelaide Hills fire ignition points, court told

Data obtained from phone towers has placed a man charged with lighting a bushfire at Clarendon “in the vicinity” of seven other ignition points in the Adelaide Hills on a day blazes raged uncontrolled, a court has heard.

A 61-year-old Hallett Cove man — who cannot be named for legal reasons — today appeared in the Christies Beach Magistrates Court, where he unsuccessfully applied for home detention bail.

He has been charged with lighting a bushfire at Clarendon on January 24 — the…