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Greta Stonehouse

RFS volunteer firebug 'exceptional case'

A young RFS volunteer who deliberately lit 10 fires has been handed an intensive corrections order. (AAP)

A young Rural Fire Service volunteer who lit 10 fires has been spared jail time by a judge who said severe bullying as a child led to his need for belonging to a group.

Brendan Piccini 21, was sentenced in the NSW District Court for 10 charges of intentionally causing fire and being reckless as to its spread in the Tweed Valley between October and November 2020.

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