Another track from Pity Me's Martha today. I didn't know the background of this track until recently when "Inside Story: Mini" came up as part of "Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me, a collection of Louis favourite documentaries". It is a documentary about an 11-year-old serial arsonist that shocked millions across the UK in 1975. Michael 'Mini' Cooper had already torched a church and set his family home ablaze, knowing his father to be inside. The film follows the angelic looking Mini in a young offenders home in County Durham, as social workers and psychiatrists quiz and probe the charismatic and intelligent tearaway to determine his future. It is fascinating. He is one of those children that speaks like an adult. It's an incredible story that is well worth your time. It is up on iPlayer if you want to check it out. This is Mini Was a Preteen Arsonist.
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