Article: Four cars set alight in one night; ARSON ATTACKS

Arsonists who set fire to four cars in Christchurch have ruined the plans of a French student who bought his first vehicle a week ago to visit New Zealand's high country.

A Christchurch invalid beneficiary who bought his car a month ago on finance was another victim of the arsonists.

Christchurch was hit by a spate of car fires in the middle of last year. However, police say there is no evidence suggesting the latest fires are related to those blazes.

French student Jean-Luc Cretier, 23, said he returned to his Mathesons Rd, Phillipstown, home on Monday about 10.30pm and found a group of young people around his new car, one of whom was trying the door handle.

He told them to leave his ...

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