A teenager from Solihull set fire to her parents’ bedroom causing £30,000 damage to their home after they banned her from using Facebook.

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of her age, pleaded guilty to arson, and being reckless whether the lives of her family were endangered, at Warwick Crown Court.

Judge Marten Coates imposed a three-year youth rehabilitation order on the girl.

Under the order, the youngster, who has already spent months in custody, must live in a local authority home, undergo supervision for three years and comply with a 7pm to 7am curfew for six months.

Prosecutor Andrew Tucker said that the girl’s parents forbade her from using the social networking site after she earlier set fire to her mother’s dressing gown in April 2009.

Her father said that she had begun to suffer from mental illness when she was 14 years old and had self-harmed and made attempts on her own life.

Mr Tucker added: “Sometimes she was given to violent outbursts of temper and when, in April last year, her medication was changed, her parents were told it could lead to increased aggression.

“On April 12 she became very angry and set fire to the sleeve of her mother’s dressing gown.”

He said that the girl’s parents had been told their daughter needed to be set boundaries, so they punished her by withdrawing her access to Facebook.

The following evening she asked if she could use the site after watching a film on TV with her father.