Police say family knew the accused but incident was 'not motivated by hatred towards an identifiable group'
CBC NewsA Nanaimo, B.C., man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after an arson attack at an Ukrainian priest's home in Victoria.
The fire in the 1100-block of Caledonia Avenue on April 20, 2022, threatened the family of Father Yuriy Vyshnevskyy, the parish priest at the Ukrainian Catholic Church of St. Nicholas, located next door.
Now, Walter (Theo) Machinski has been sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of arson with disregard for human life.
He was known to the family, Victor…
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