Teens face arson charges over multi-million dollar fires.

Teens face arson charges over multi-million dollar fires. :

"A 15-year-old and two 16-year-olds have each been charged with two counts of arson and four counts of wilful destruction."

A great example of a community being so on the ball they actually caught the kids. Kids. 200 people out of work before Christmas, two buildings absolutely gutted.4 major businesses gone. People working for a living and others trying to shop for Christmas and 3, what are they , year 10s? 3 kids decide to set it all on fire. Why? Why would you go and get petrol at the age of 16 and decide you will set a bin on fire and then gut 2 buildings and put all those lives and businesses at risk? Millions of dollars worth of damage and people's whole lives up in flames and they are the ones who have to repair all of this and insurance companies have to fork out to pay for some stupid act of 2 16 year olds and a 15 year old. Don't they usually go down the beach? Dob a footie? Ride off on their bikes? Have a game of cricket or basketball? Play with their Playstation or X-box? Where do year 10s get the idea they'll set a bin on fire which is outside the shops? The parents must be gutted too. I don't know what time this occurred but I expect the parents thought the kids were just hanging out together and now the parents have to go through all of this and feel responsible for the actions of kids of 15 and 16. Have they been irresponsible parents? Probably not. The kids just get something in their head and just do it. No boundaries, no social conscience, no thought of others....or the consequences for themselves. Most people will laugh and say , under 18, there will be no consequences. I want to see these kids contracted to repair that damage. 3 fit young boys could probably do a fair amount of solid work under supervision. Seriously, sod them. And the timing. Sod them.