Man gets two years jail for crime spree

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A Waihi man who went on a crime spree where he lit several fires, including torching a car he had stolen, has been sent to jail for two years and four months.

Logan Fox has been convicted in the Tauranga District Court on charges of arson, theft of a motor vehicle and driving while disqualified.

The 24-year-old was seen with a group of others lighting several fires at the Katikati Medical Centre earlier this year, using petrol as an accelerant before hot wiring a car and driving off.

They allegedly spent 10 minutes wiping windscreen wipers clean of fingerprints and taking several items then setting the car alight - completely destroying the $3000 vehicle.

- Newstalk ZB