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1. Mum of seven jailed for burning down three houses as part of money plot.
Mother of seven Rebecca McKellar has pleaded guilty to burning down three rental properties in just four years in order to collect insurance.
According to A Current Affair, the Queensland woman’s first act of arson occurred in 2011, when her home went up in flames nine days after she took out $28,000 contents insurance. The program cited court documents which stated that McKellar had placed a blanket in front of a heater, which caught alight while she was out.
The program reported that she collected close to $17,000, while the owner of the property, Kim Douglas, was left with a capital loss of $120,000.
“It just stuns me that it could have been deliberate from someone that I trusted,” Ms Douglas told A Current Affair.
“I had some thoughts that it could have been suspicious because there was a heater on, and it was December in Queensland, and that didn’t make sense to me.”
Bonfire Bec will be forced to put away the matches and face the music, after being sentenced to time behind bars. Join us as we look at the crimes of the mother of seven.#9ACA |WATCH THE FULL STORY: https://t.co/DX3ngeSr0i pic.twitter.com/RwuWaxlzTL
— A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) July 17, 2018