Gourlay placed the bomb - made of spray cans combined with other chemicals - under Mr Miles' car. "You weren't to be put off by that," Judge Phillips said. The bill for the damage came to about $4000 but Judge Phillips refused to make a reparation order against the arsonist. Mr Miles was suffering a terminal illness, he said, and had been left without a car or any prospect of being reimbursed. Judge Phillips refused, stressing it was the defendant's first conviction for arson.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 26, 2018 17:26 UTC