Heartbreak for local barista after popular beachside coffee van torched

James is a hard-working dad, who every morning for the last nine years has been up at sunrise, making coffees for the early dog walkers, surfers and runners from his small van on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

But not anymore.

Two nights ago, his coffee cart – and sole source of income – was torched in an act of sheer stupidity.

It’s left him with nothing.

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