By Glenis Green
The Courier Mail
SUNSHINE COAST, Australia — A Volunteer Sunshine Coast firefighter who pushed his brigade mates to the point of exhaustion by lighting 18 grassfires in less than two weeks was behind bars last night after pleading guilty to 25 offences.
David Barry Caskey, 36, was finally outed yesterday as the notorious Belli Park firebug who had started a series of bushfires in and around the Kenilworth district in 2004 which eventually prompted a widespread police investigation.
Standing quietly in the dock of the Maroochydore District Court, Caskey was sentenced to concurrent two-year jail terms after pleading guilty to one count of arson involving his own car, three indictable offences of lighting fires and 21 summary counts of offences under the Queensland Fire and Rescue Act.
He will be eligible for parole after serving three months.
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