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[Mulboyne]

[floatr][/floatr]Mainichi: French chef busted for setting fire to apartment complex in Tokyo
A French chef, arrested Tuesday for setting fire to a Tokyo apartment complex where he lives, has told investigators that he committed the crime to vent his work stress, police said. "I was exhausted from work, I set fire to my apartment to release my stress," Christophe Colin, 33, owner of Chez Christophe restaurant in the Ebisu district of Shibuya-ku, was quoted as telling investigators. Tokyo police are grilling Colin over his alleged involvement in three suspected arson cases that occurred in his neighborhood between February and May this year. In one of the three cases, an apartment block was burned down. Colin used a cigarette lighter to set fire to artificial turf at the entrance of his apartment complex in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, in the predawn hours of June 21, investigators said. The fire did not spread throughout the structure.

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Here's what bento.com says about Chez Christophe:

Tasty buckwheat galettes, dessert crepes and interesting salads and starters. The drinks menu features inexpensive wines and hard cider from Normandy.

[Mulboyne]

IoL: French chef cooks up Japan prison term

A French chef was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in a Japanese prison for setting fire to his apartment building to cope with stress. Christophe Colin, the 33-year-old owner of "Chez Christophe," a creperie in an upscale part of Tokyo, was convicted of three counts of arson last year. In one incident, he lit up a cardboard box in the corridor of his four-storey building and let the fire extend to an adjoining room. No one was hurt. "The nature of this crime was heinous because he committed it to ease the feelings of uncertainty he had due to the unfavourable conditions managing his restaurant," Tokyo District Court judge Hitoshi Murase said. Colin told police he set fire to the apartment to relieve stress and exhaustion from work.