The damaged home last week.
Camera IconThe damaged home last week. Credit: Supplied/Martin Kennealey

Warwick: WA police charge children over arson

Staff WriterJoondalup Times

POLICE have charged two children over the double arson of a Warwick home.

Officers allege a 17-year-old Marangaroo boy and 15-year-old Warwick girl lit fires at the Willow Road property on April 17 and May 1 causing about $475,000 damage.

The blazes torched the two-storey house beyond repair, leading to its demolition.

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Investigators charged each teenager with two counts of burglary, two counts of criminal damage by fire and two counts of stealing.

They will appear in Perth Children’s Court today.

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