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Arsonist with 'fixated discontent' jailed over $1.5m hotel fire

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A man has been jailed in South Australia for a calculated campaign of arson against his former business partner. According to ABC News, he set fire to a complex containing the Oxford Hotel in North Adelaide, causing one point five million dollars in damage. A judge sentenced him after finding he had embarked on what the court described as a consistent campaign of terror driven by fixated discontent.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-02/joseph-chehade-ars...

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