THE trial of two schoolboys accused of setting fire to a charity's adventure playground has been adjourned.
The 15-year-old and 13-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will now stand trial on Wednesday, January 8, at Bradford Youth Court.
The teenagers are accused of committing arson in September last year, causing £50,000 of damage to Eccleshill Adventure Playground.
Firefighters were called to the area, which is also known as the Big Swing Adventure Playground, at 7pm on Monday, September 3, 2018, where an indoor play space dubbed the ‘hobbit house’ was alight.
The charity, which delivers free adventure play sessions across the Bradford district, has since received funding to build an outdoor play structure on the site, as the straw and timber hobbit house needed to be demolished.
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