A 99-year-old Melbourne nursing home resident will stand trial for allegedly setting fire to his relatives' house.
The grandfather, who cannot be named, faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday on a single charge of criminal damage by arson.
He is alleged to have set fire to the Doncaster house of two family members in September last year.
When asked to enter a plea through a Cantonese interpreter, the man said: "I do not know the law. I will not plead guilty today."
Magistrate Donna Bakos extended the bail of the Donvale man, who must reside at his nursing home.
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He will return to the Victorian County Court on Friday for a directions hearing.
