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The accused in a case of arson that led to the deaths of three people had a toxic relationship with one of the victims, witness tells Sudbury courtroom

A Sudbury man testified March 28 that Liam Stinson, currently on trial for arson and first-degree murder, had a “toxic” and “aggressive” relationship with one of the victims.

The witness testified the accused in homicide case, Liam Stinson, received a phone message and announced ‘it’s done’ with a ‘a big smile on his face’ after April 11, 2021 fire that killed three people

Facing new charges in North Bay, Wright is already serving a life sentence for the 1998 murder of Renée Sweeney in Sudbury

Bruce Avenue fire victim Jamie-Lynn Rose’s mother, Christine Wright, testified her daughter told her Stinson threatened to kill Wright and Rose’s two children if Rose left Sudbury 

James Maguire, 37, now wants a judge-only trial after opting out, at the last minute, of both a judge and jury trial and a guilty plea

A GSPS officer testifies to an interaction she had with one of the victims of the 2021 Bruce Avenue fatal fire, Jamie-Lynn Rose, who said she was not only afraid of the accused but he held the purse strings on money she received regularly

Firefighters and paramedics testify to what they witnessed on April 11, 2021, the night of a fatal arson fire that killed three people

Heard in court Wednesday was a frantic 911 call from the night of the 2021 fatal fire, in which the caller can be heard screaming ‘they are burning alive in there’

David Cheff was only able to survive by jumping from a second-floor window to escape the April, 2021 arson fire that claimed the lives of three people