Former nurse pleads guilty to Sydney nursing home arson
Reuters
2013-05-27
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The dazed survivors of a Sydney nursing home recovering after a fire destroyed the building in November 2011.
Eleven people died in the fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home, which had over 80 residents inside at the time.
On Monday, Roger Dean, a former nurse at the home, seen here talking to media immediately after the fire, pled guilty to 11 counts of murder.
He has admitted to deliberately starting two fires.
There were mixed emotions for the relatives of some of the victims at New South Wales Supreme Court for the trial.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) DAUGHTER OF VICTIM NEELTJE VALKAY, ELLY VALKAY SAYING:
"Joy in my heart to see that my mother would say 'yes, justice is going to be done'."
Gary Barnier, who heads the company which owns the home, also welcomed the news.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE DOMAIN PRINCIPAL GROUP, GARY BARNIER SAYING:
"The people who died that day and subsequently and were injured, I just feel so terr
Eleven people died in the fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home, which had over 80 residents inside at the time.
On Monday, Roger Dean, a former nurse at the home, seen here talking to media immediately after the fire, pled guilty to 11 counts of murder.
He has admitted to deliberately starting two fires.
There were mixed emotions for the relatives of some of the victims at New South Wales Supreme Court for the trial.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) DAUGHTER OF VICTIM NEELTJE VALKAY, ELLY VALKAY SAYING:
"Joy in my heart to see that my mother would say 'yes, justice is going to be done'."
Gary Barnier, who heads the company which owns the home, also welcomed the news.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE DOMAIN PRINCIPAL GROUP, GARY BARNIER SAYING:
"The people who died that day and subsequently and were injured, I just feel so terr
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