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Winnipeg woman pleads guilty to rooming house fire

Oct. 22, 2012, Winnipeg – A Winnipeg woman has pleaded guilty to setting a rooming house fire that killed five people.

Lulonda Flett, who is 41, admitted to setting the July 2011 at a building in the city's Point Douglas district.

Flett was originally charged with five counts of second-degree murder, but pleaded guilty to five counts of manslaughter.

She is to be sentenced March 21.

Court of Queen's Bench Justice Brenda Keyser asked Flett whether she understood that she will be going to jail for a long time.

Flett answered "yes."

At the time of her arrest, police said Flett had been in a dispute with someone at the rooming house, had left and returned to set the fire.