A TEENAGER has been charged with arson after a fire was set on a train.
Richard Newman, 19, of Brooklands, Colchester, is also charged with causing an obstruction of a train.
The charges come after a fire was started on a train travelling between Colchester North Station and Witham on December 13.
Newman is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on April 18.
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