A teenager has appeared in court charged with setting fire to a mosque in Morden. 

The 16-year-old boy from Walton-on-Thames, who cannot be named for legal reasons, did not enter a plea when he appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court this morning, Wednesday, January 18.

He faces one charge of arson with intent to endanger life, or being reckless as to whether life was endangered, and one charge of arson to the value of £6,078,311.73.

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The boy was just 14-years-old when he was arrested the day after fire ripped through the Baitul Futuh Mosque in London Road on September 26, 2015.

He will next appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, February 8.

A 16-year-old boy who was arrested on the same day was released without charge in September 2015.