North East Wales | Barn destroyed by boy's cigarette 

A 13-year-old boy has been given a nine-month referral order after his discarded cigarette caused a blaze which destroyed a barn.

A youth court at Mold heard the boy went to the barn at Halkyn, Flintshire, to have a cigarette.

He admitted arson on a reckless basis, rather than deliberate.

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