Northern Ont. man guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in Sudbury firebombing

The jury deciding the fate of a man responsible for a fatal firebombing in Sudbury found him guilty of three counts of first-degree murder Friday afternoon.

The jury deciding the fate of a man responsible for a fatal firebombing in Sudbury found him guilty of three counts of first-degree murder Friday afternoon.

Following a six-week trial, the jury was tasked with deciding whether Liam Stinson, 27, was guilty of manslaughter in the three deaths or first-degree murder.

A fentanyl drug dealer, Stinson admitted he directed men to throw Molotov cocktails into a Bruce Avenue townhouse April 11, 2021, at 4:40 a.m., and start a fire inside the kitchen.

Sleeping inside was Jamie-Lynn Rose, Stinson’s estranged girlfriend, David Cheff, another drug dealer who lived at the townhouse, Guy Henri and Jasmine Somers.

Henri and Somers were living with Cheff, as was Rose, who recently moved in after ending her “toxic” relationship with Stinson.

While Stinson admitted to manslaughter in the case, Crown attorney Kaely Whillans and assistant Crown Alanya Jay set out to prove that Stinson planned to kill Rose in the firebombing, and so was guilty of first-degree murder.

The Crown had to prove that in planning the firebombing, Stinson intended to kill or cause such serious harm that death would likely be the result.