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JUNIOR LAWYER BURNS DOWN FIRM'S BUILDING


Sources close to the firm claim she suffered temporal alianation due to a failure in her personal computer.

Late this Sunday evening, young lawyer M burnt down the building of the law firm where she worked. After what M claims was a series of catastrophic coincidences, the 25 year-old girl burnt to dust a well-known law firm in downtown Madrid.

"It is all Hp's fault" she insists. It all started early on Saturday morning when her computer's charger broke down and she had to go back to the office to take another one and keep working on Sunday. The first signs of madness turned up as she tried to park her car in one of Madrid's best known shopping districts, full of Chirstmas shoppers at the time. "Right then I wished I was the Grinch and could steal Christmas and get rid of all those shoppers and lights and cars...", minutes later, as she tries to get in the building, she realises she forgot the access card home and has to beg the security guard to let her in. "She seemed completely normal at the time" claims the security guard that let her in who barely escaped the arsonist, "I wish I had known then what was about to happen".

Already angry with all the time lost and the need to check her email, M tried to open Outlook several times with no success. As she rebooted her computer she realises things are not getting any better. "One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency" could be read in the girl's computer screen. It seems more than one disk needed to be checked for consistency.

Forty five minutes later, no progress achieved, M grabs a coleague's lighter and sets fire to a stuck of papers. The building, full of papers and computer devices burnt to dust in a couple of minutes. No lives were lost in the incident.

The arsonist was arrested as she tried to burn yet a second building, a department store close to the law firm. "They made me pay 4,6€ for one hour of parking space, I couldn't use my affinity card and by the time I got to the toll, it was out of order and lifted so anyone could get out for free. I believe I had an excellent excuse..."

As she patiently awaits to be taken into custody she holds a peaceful smile on her face. "At least I can take the rest of the evening free, awesome!".

Such is life.