Inquest begins into fatal 2009 arson attack

An inquest has begun into the death of a woman killed when a teenager set fire to her Pukekohe home as she slept. Lynette Chapman, a 49-year-old mother of three, died in the arson attack in January 2009. Tonya Bennett, who was 16 at the time, was jailed for 11-and-a-half years in 2010 after pleading guilty to murder and two counts of arson. Bennett's 19-year-old lookout ...