03/06/2010
Supervision For Juvenile Arsonist
A 10-year-boy has been given a three-year supervision order, after burning down his family home.
The boy admitted setting fire to the property in Teeside on 5 September last year, leaving his family trapped inside.
Fire crews were able to rescue the boy’s mother and his three siblings, although the house and its contents were destroyed in the blaze.
The boy had admitted arson with intent to endanger life at an earlier hearing.
At Teesside Crown Court, the judge told the youth: "I am not sending you away, but no more fires".
The boy admitted setting fire to the property in Teeside on 5 September last year, leaving his family trapped inside.
Fire crews were able to rescue the boy’s mother and his three siblings, although the house and its contents were destroyed in the blaze.
The boy had admitted arson with intent to endanger life at an earlier hearing.
At Teesside Crown Court, the judge told the youth: "I am not sending you away, but no more fires".
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