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Article: Man convicted in (Namgis First Nations') big house arson.
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- May 1, 1998
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CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C.
The man charged with burning down the Namgis First Nation's 30-year-old big house in Alert Bay was convicted in Campbell River's British Columbia Supreme Court on March 27.
Julio Castro-Andino was arrested in Port Hardy the day after the August 29 fire and charged with arson. Justice D.A. Thackray heard the case through the third week of March. The convicted arsonist will be sentenced on May 8.
Castro-Andino arrived in Alert Bay in 1996. He emmigrated to Canada from El Salvador five years earlier and may face deportation proceedings as a result of his eight-day trial. Defense attorney ...