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Tamworth housefire: Richard George Sands charged with six new offences after deadly housefire in Hillvue in 2019

Breanna Chillingworth
Updated June 4 2021 - 12:39am, first published December 17 2020 - 5:30am
Case conference: Richard George Sands now faces six charges after the October 17, 2019 housefire in Hillvue, Tamworth, last year. Photo: Ben Jaffrey
Case conference: Richard George Sands now faces six charges after the October 17, 2019 housefire in Hillvue, Tamworth, last year. Photo: Ben Jaffrey

PROSECUTORS have laid six new charges against a Tamworth man accused of killing a woman and a child in a housefire, and attempting to kill two others.

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Breanna Chillingworth

Breanna Chillingworth

Deputy Editor and Court Reporter

Northern Daily Leader Senior Crime and Court Reporter

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