'I was just lost': Arson suspect says he set fires on Siksika Nation as rescue call yyc
In an interview with Mounties at the Gleichen detachment, Philip John Strange said his actions weren’t hate-motivated against Nation members.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
He eventually ran out of gas and also lost power to his phone before setting the blazes around 7:20 a.m. on July 1, 2021. “I was just lost,” Strange said in a video-recorded statement played during his Siksika provincial court trial.In the interview with RCMP Const. Barry Allison, Strange was asked whether he intentionally set the fires as an attack on the Indigenous residents in the area.Article contentStrange was also asked about some“I grew up in . . . religion and all that, man. So I would never do anything like that.”Const. Rohit Parmar told Crown prosecutor Alyx Nanji he was dispatched to the scene at 7:29 a.
Parmar said one person, Maria Big Snake, was concerned the fires might reach her elderly parents’ home on the reserve.Article content“There was a very high risk the fire would jump the river,” Parmar told Nanji.“She was extremely concerned,” Parmar said about the witness. “The house was just a short distance away from where the fire started.”
Under cross-examination by defence lawyer James Wyman, the officer agreed the blazes didn’t threaten any structures.And he agreed the spot where Strange’s Porsche Cheyenne was located was remote.
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