BY IAN CROUCH
A man is due to front court in November accused of deliberately setting fire to community club at Cessnock earlier this month.
Around 8.00am on Sunday October 19, Police were called to reports of a fire at the PCYC in Short Street, arriving to find entry had been gained into the foyer area and a fire set with what they believed was an accelerant.
The fire failed to spread before self-extinguishing.
Following investigations, police arrested a 39-year-old man at a house in Kurri Kurri yesterday morning.
He was charged with break and enter with intent to commit serious indictable offence and damage property by fire.
The man's been granted strict conditional bail to face Cessnock Court on November 19.
