PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 30 (UPI) -- The man imprisoned for sparking a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people at a Great White concert was granted his request for work release.
Former Great White tour manager Daniel Biechele is serving four years in a minimum security prison after pleading guilty to 100 counts of manslaughter for his part in the deadly 2003 fire at The Station in West Warwick, R.I.
He did not attend the Tuesday hearing in Providence, R.I., during which Superior Court Judge Francis J. Darigan Jr. ruled Biechele may work as a accountant at a Providence mental health support center, The Providence (R.I.) Journal reported.
Biechele filed his work-release request shortly after his May 10 sentencing, his attorney said.
The judge said Biechele would have to follow the Department of Corrections' process to enter the work-release program and there were no objections in court, the Journal said.
