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A man accused of starting a fire which gutted a Dunedin boarding house is maintaining his innocence.
Paul Terrence McCurdy, 58, appeared in the Dunedin District Court by video link from prison this morning where his counsel Andrew Dawson confirmed his not guilty plea to the arson charge.
Trial by jury was previously elected.
No bail application was advanced and he will remain behind bars until his next hearing in May.
The former boarding house in Phillips St, where a boarder died in a fire last year, was engulfed in flames on October 27. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery, ODT
