Former resident charged with murder after three die in Sydney boarding house fire

Police are still seeking to establish a motive for the alleged lighting of the fatal fire

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The 45-year-old man charged with the murder of three people following a fire at a boarding house in Sydney in the early hours of Tuesday morning had until recently been a resident, police say.

On Wednesday police charged 45-year-old Richard Hotoran, from Newtown in Sydney's inner west, with three counts of murder and one count of destroying or damaging property by fire or explosive.

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