The defence barrister for accused Wangaratta arsonist Lisa Hay has slammed a fire expert's scenario that the fire started in a pot plant describing it as "fanciful".
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Martin Kozlowski also targeted the police investigation during his closing statement at Hay's trial saying the detectives "had their suspect" and didn't look anywhere else.
The jury is now deciding Hay's fate over the fire which destroyed her elderly neighbour's home in the early hours of September 1, 2017.
Hay, 35, has pleaded not guilty to the charges of arson and reckless conduct endangering life, with Mr Kozlowski disputing the prosecution case and saying his client didn't start the fire.
"All the prosecution case has is skimpy fingerprints, destroyed CCTV footage and the 10 o'clock man," he said.
A lot of discussion on the final day of evidence in the Wodonga County Court on Wednesday focused on the timing of the fire and whether there were two fires lit, or if the one fire "died down a bit" before reigniting.
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"The suggestion by the crown's fire expert that the fire started in a pot plant and dripped down slowly onto a chair and then took off from there is fanciful," Mr Kozlowski said.
Mr Kozlowski's closing statement focused on there being "no evidence" to support the fire was deliberately lit and police focusing on Hay.
The crown prosecution's case relied on Hay's "tendency" to deliberately light her neighbour's houses on fire giving weight to her previous admissions and that there is "no doubt" Hay knew she would be putting her neighbour in danger.
"There is no coincidence that this fire is of exactly the same circumstances as the past four," prosecutor David O'Doherty said.
"Even blind Freddy knows if you deliberately light a fire while someone you know is in bed you are going to cause some damage. It is too much to swallow - it has to be the same person who lit these fires."
The jury, made up of seven women and five men, is expected to hand down their decision on Thursday.