A TEENAGER from Taunton has appeared in court and admitted setting fire to seven specially-adapted minibuses at Silk Mills Park and Ride on Saturday 26 April, 2025.
The 17-year-old from Taunton was arrested on Sunday 27 April and subsequently charged with two counts of arson, both at Silk Mills Park and Ride, namely to an Audi A1 on Friday 25 April and the minibuses on 26 April.
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The teenager was also charged with affray, criminal damage to two cars on and assault by beating an emergency worker, all on 27 April.
The male teenager appeared at North Somerset Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 29 April and entered guilty pleas to all six offences.
Magistrates remanded him into youth detention pending a sentencing hearing at Taunton Magistrates' Court on Thursday 29 May.
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