Man Sentenced for Burning Ex’s House | Auckland News

Auckland News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 11, 2026 · 1m

A man named David Sparks just got five years and three months in prison for setting his ex-partner’s house ablaze — a brutal act prosecutors say was fueled by a desperate need to punish her. The woman, upstairs getting ready for bed, had to leap from the third floor to escape flames ignited after he doused furniture with gasoline. A new flatmate, who’d moved in just the day before, suffered horrific burns covering 20% of his body while trying to flee. The victim described recurring nightmares of being burned alive. Sparks, already under a protection order, broke in, lit the fire, and later…