Woman admits to lighting house fire
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A MUM of six has pleaded guilty to deliberately lighting a fire that destroyed a Lowood house.
The woman, 32-year-old Nakita Amy McGee, appeared before Ipswich District Court on Wednesday and made a formal plea of guilty to wilfully and unlawfully setting fire to a building at Honeyeater Place at Lowood on Thursday, May 10, 2018.
Dressed in a bright red dress, McGee simply said "guilty Your Honour", when asked how she pleaded.
McGee was convicted of the arson then sat quietly in the dock for the remainder of what was a brief court appearance.
Her plea came just two weeks before she was set to stand trial on the Crown prosecution charge.
Defence barrister Janice Crawford, in agreement with prosecutor Amanda Robinson, sought for the adjournment of her sentence.
Ms Crawford said this was to allow time for significant medical and psychiatric material to be finalised that would be needed in sentence submissions.
Judge Alexander Horneman-Wren SC agreed and adjourned sentence to late July.
He allowed McGee's bail to continue.
