Man pleads guilty to fires killing 50 pigs and causing £680K of damage

A man has been charged with three counts of arson following fires which caused more than £680,000 of damage and killed 50 pigs.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Man pleads guilty to fires killing 50 pigs and causing £680K of damage

A man has been charged with three counts of arson following fires which caused more than 680,000 of damage and killed 50 pigs. Jordan Chenery, 23, formerly of Roydon, near Diss, who is now living in...

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