TEENAGERS aged just 13 have been reprimanded for setting fire to two council-owned play areas.
Three boys were given the warning after they set fire to fence posts around Trinity Park, Bretch Hill.
A 17-year-old male was also given a final warning by police over an arson attack on posts at the Princess Diana Park, off Edmunds Road.
The October attacks left owner Banbury Town Council with a £1,600 bill to replace 24 posts.
Now three out of four play areas that were given a £400,000 makeover with taxpayers’ cash have been vandalised since 2009.
The council had to fork out more than £5,000 for a separate arson attack on fence posts and tunnel at St Louis Meadow Park, near Foscote Rise, last year. The culprit was never caught.
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