Portland landlord sentenced to 90 days in jail, fined $1,000, for deadly fire

PORTLAND — Gregory Nisbet, owner of the building where the deadliest city fire in 50 years killed six people, was sentenced Thursday to 90 days in jail and a fine of $1,000.

“Jail time is called for here,” Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren told a crowded courtroom that included friends and family of the six victims.

The sentencing came after Warren found Nisbet, 51, of 124 Noyes St., guilty Oct. 21 of allowing a Class E code violation on the third floor of the home. Warren acquitted Nisbet on six charges of Class A manslaughter and three other code violations stemming from the Nov. 1, 2014, fire at 20-24 Noyes St.

Before the sentencing, Nisbet addressed the court, and said he would accept whatever Warren decided.

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