Our Lady Immaculate boy arsonist was 'messing', court told
A 14-year-old boy caused more than £100,000 damage to a Gwynedd primary school when he was "messing" with a lighter, a court has heard.
The blaze at Our Lady Immaculate RC School in Bangor took hold when a container behind a classroom was set alight in February.
The boy, who cannot be named, later confessed to starting the fire to a school worker.
He was given a 12-month referral order and his family must pay £80 costs.
The 120-pupil school was closed for a number of days after the fire.
Caernarfon youth court heard the boy had received a police reprimand nearly a year earlier for arson on grassland.
Court chairman Malcolm Jones told the boy: "You know this is a very serious offence. If you were over 16 you would most certainly have gone into prison."