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Tim Hanlon

Teenager fined just £61 for burning £1million barn to the ground in arson attack

A teenage arsonist has been fined just £61 for sparking a devastating fire at a barn causing more than £1 million of damage.

The boy, now aged sixteen, who can't be named for legal reasons, admitted starting the blaze at a barn near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, on October 24th, 2021.

Oxford Youth Court gave him a four-month referral order and told him to pay £61 in costs after he admitted a single charge of arson.

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