Four boys and a girl, aged from nine to 15, admitted at the Chatham Juvenile Court on Tuesday that they set fire to St. Michael's Church, Chatham, and rifled an offertory box at Our Lady's Church, Gillingham.
The case against three of the boys, who were on holiday from an approved school, uas adjourned. The girl, aged 10, and a boy of nine were placed on probation for two years.