The man who started a fire which destroyed irreplaceable Homosexual Law Reform documents, and many other treasures and belongings, has been jailed for eight and half years. In December Angelo Dominic Bitossi, 35, was found guilty by a High Court judge of starting the blaze at the Kiwi Self-Storage depot in Kilbirnie, Wellington, in April last year. Millions of dollars’ worth of possessions and treasures were lost in the fire, which also claimed a unit full of material the MP who led the Homosexual Law Reform campaign, Fran Wilde, was planning to use to write a history about it. Wilde has previously told GayNZ.com Daily News there is no sentence that can make up for that loss. Bitossi will be required to serve at least half his term before he is eligible for parole.
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First published: Thursday, 5th February 2015 - 10:28am