An asylum seeker who engulfed himself in flames in a Melbourne bank, injuring a number of customers and causing $2.5m in damage, has been jailed for at least seven years. Myanmar-born Nur Islam, 24, was frustrated when his bank card wouldn't work at the Springvale Commonwealth Bank branch in November 2016, returning with a container filled with unleaded petrol. Islam, who has declined to undergo a psychiatric assessment while in custody, was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria to 11 years' jail, with a non-parole period of seven years. Australian Associated Press
Nur Islam who injured himself and others in a bank fire has been sentenced to 11 years' jail.
An asylum seeker who engulfed himself in flames in a Melbourne bank, injuring a number of customers and causing $2.5m in damage, has been jailed for at least seven years.
Myanmar-born Nur Islam, 24, was frustrated when his bank card wouldn't work at the Springvale Commonwealth Bank branch in November 2016, returning with a container filled with unleaded petrol.
Islam, who has declined to undergo a psychiatric assessment while in custody, was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria to 11 years' jail, with a non-parole period of seven years.
