Fire expert to continue evidence

Tue, 10 Aug 2010

Douglas Courthouse

A fire expert will continue giving evidence in the Demesne Road murder trial this morning.

Stephen Andrews, a forensic scientist, has already told the court he believes a fire accelerant was used in the Demesne Road fire.

61 year old Terry Losh died in the fire last March.

Mr Andrews says that fire will have reached temperatures exceeding 900°C.

Thirty-five year old Simon Paul Leece denies one murder charge and seven arson charges.