The 55-year-old piled up scraps of material before setting it on fire with a butane torch.
Aaron Ritchie, 55, caused $170,000 worth of damage to a room at the VR Hotel after trying to set a room on fire in February last year. Image / Google maps
Aaron Ritchie, 55, caused $170,000 worth of damage to a room at the VR Hotel after trying to set a room on fire in February last year. Image / Google maps
Aaron Ritchie, 55, caused $170,000 worth of damage to a room at the VR Hotel after trying to set a room on fire in February last year. Image / Google maps
Aaron Ritchie, 55, caused $170,000 worth of damage to a room at the VR Hotel after trying to set a room on fire in February last year. Image / Google maps
Michael Scott Wallace denies killing Birgit Brauer while she was hitchhiking in Taranaki.
Michael Scott Wallace didn't seek parole when he reappeared before the Parole Board this morning after being imprisoned for the 2005 murder of German backpacker Birgit Brauer.
Michael Scott Wallace didn't seek parole when he reappeared before the Parole Board this morning after being imprisoned for the 2005 murder of German backpacker Birgit Brauer.
Michael Scott Wallace didn't seek parole when he reappeared before the Parole Board this morning after being imprisoned for the 2005 murder of German backpacker Birgit Brauer.
Michael Scott Wallace didn't seek parole when he reappeared before the Parole Board this morning after being imprisoned for the 2005 murder of German backpacker Birgit Brauer.