02-11-2018 21:32 via vancouversun.com

Jail sentence for man who started fire in a hotel filled with wildfire evacuees

A man who started a fire at a Kamloops hotel filled with wildfire evacuees in the summer of 2017 has been given a two-year jail sentence.
According to a provincial court sentencing decision posted online, Shane Dennis was staying at the Sandman Inn and Suites Hotel with his grandmother and other families members who had been evacuated from their home in Williams Lake in July 2017 when the arson took place.
The hotel was busy with people who had been forced to flee the fires during one of B.C.&rs
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