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Crown prosecutor Claire Boshier told the jury the couple had been drinking at the Stock Exchange bar in central Christchurch on the night of the fire, but left the bar for 38 minutes, about the time of the fire, and a car similar to the one Healy was driving was then seen on a surveillance camera near the business.
Defence counsel for both accused, Pip Hall, said: "She has latched on to these suspicious circumstances in building a case where the Crown says the accused had a motive, and an opportunity to commit the crime, and therefore they must be guilty.
Boshier said there had been repeated difficulties with monthly rental payments for the property, and staff wages, and two of the staff were leaving to set up another business. They left the day before the fire, and one of them handed back the keys to the premises.
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Asked by Hall whether the couple said they had problems disney swan hotel with their own customers being slow to pay, Cole replied: "Their credit around town was non-existent. They weren't paying their bills. It was common knowledge in the trade."
John Patrick Weir, told of working disney swan hotel as workshop manager at the Auto Repair Centre. The business had been "not busy" in 2008, and car parts suppliers were not being paid, and staff were not being paid some of the time. They ended with credit being denied and they had to pay for supplies as they went.
Then cheques started to bounce and they ended up on "cash only" arrangements.He made an offer to buy the business but it was declined. He handed back his key, and took his tools and left the business on the day before the fire.