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Subscriber only A further expert statement is yet to be finalised before the brief of evidence against a teen accused of arson is complete, a court has heard. Brendan Piccini, 18, has been charged with lighting nine fires while he was a volunteer rural firefighter. He was arrested on November 4 last year and was charged with nine counts of intentionally causing a fire and being reckless to its spread and one count of possessing an unauthorised pistol. The charges relate to fires in the Burringbar and Mooball areas between October 7 and November 3, which police will allege were deliberately lit.