‘Wicked’ teenage arsonist who burned down treasured Grade II-listed church is …
A teenager set a Grade II listed church alight and left it to burn, causing £4.5 million in damage and blighting the hopes of brides planning to be married there. Daniel Finnerty, 17, of Fleet in Hampshire, destroyed the 153-year-old All Saints Church in Church Road when he sprayed the shape of a cross on the wall near the altar with deodorant and setting it alight on June 22. Judge Keith Cutler CBE sentenced him to four years in a youth offender institution and three years extended licence. Read more [...]