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Former nurse pleads guilty to Sydney nursing home arson

2013-05-27 56 Dailymotion

The dazed survivors of a Sydney nursing home recovering after a fire destroyed the building in November 2011.<br/> <br />Eleven people died in the fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home, which had over 80 residents inside at the time.<br/> <br />On Monday, Roger Dean, a former nurse at the home, seen here talking to media immediately after the fire, pled guilty to 11 counts of murder.<br/> <br />He has admitted to deliberately starting two fires.<br/> <br />There were mixed emotions for the relatives of some of the victims at New South Wales Supreme Court for the trial.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) DAUGHTER OF VICTIM NEELTJE VALKAY, ELLY VALKAY SAYING:<br/> <br />"Joy in my heart to see that my mother would say 'yes, justice is going to be done'."<br/> <br />Gary Barnier, who heads the company which owns the home, also welcomed the news.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE DOMAIN PRINCIPAL GROUP, GARY BARNIER SAYING:<br/> <br />"The people who died that day and subsequently and were injured, I just feel so terr

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