Arrest warrant issued for Brit accused of starting mountain fire

A warrant of arrest has been issued for a British tourist who failed to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court yesterday on charges of having started a massive fire on Table Mountain and drunken driving. The magistrate has provisionally withdrawn Anthony Cooper’s bail of five hundred rands. He is accused of having started the fire during the festive season last year. Thirty-six-year-old Cooper was arrested in Sea Point on the 24th of January and released on bail.