Teenager who set fire to West Cork house causing €125k worth of damage put on probation

House was not insured and boy's family could not afford to compensate the owners, court heard

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that while the house was vacant at the time, the owners were deeply upset at the arson as the house contained many sentimental items associated with loved ones who have died, court told. Picture: Larry Cummins 

A glass bottle of petrol with a sock stuffed into it was lit and thrown at a house in Bandon and now the teenager responsible for causing €125,000 worth of damage to the house has been put on a two-year probation bond.

The defendant responsible for the arson was only 16 years' old at the time of the crime.