NSW: Boy doused with petrol and set alight, court told

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2006
NSW: Boy doused with petrol and set alight, court told

A court has been told .. a 13-year-old boy threatened to kill another child .. before
dousing him with petrol and setting him alight in Sydney's east.

The boy has faced Bidura Children's Court over yesterday afternoon's attack in Daceyville
.. charged with attempted murder and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.

The nine-year-old victim remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital .. after
receiving burns to 20 per cent of his body.

The court has heard the boy has displayed violent behaviour since witnessing the suicide
of a neighbour several years ago.

And it's been told the Department of Housing has ignored his father's requests for
the family to be moved to alternative accommodation.

The boy's been granted strict conditional bail .. but it may be weeks before he's freed
because of a court order placing him under strict supervision in Department of Community
Services accommodation.

The matter has been adjourned to the same court on January 30.

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