A 16-year-old boy has been charged with arson over a year after a huge fire devasted a mosque in Morden.
The fire ripped through the administration buildings of the Baitul Futuh Mosque on September 26, 2015, with plumes of smoke visible for miles around.
The damage
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However, 70 fire fighters and 10 fire engines managed to prevent the blaze from spreading into the library and or the main mosque itself.
The 16-year-old boy from Walton-on-Thames was just 14-years-old when he was arrested the day after the fire.
He was now been charged with arson to the value of £6,078,311.73 and arson with intent to endanger life.
He was charged yesterday, Tuesday, December 20, and will appear at Wimbledon Youth Court on Wednesday, January 18.
A 16-year-old boy arrested on the same day was released with no further action in September 2015.
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