Inverness Fairways blaze accused appears in court
A Livingston man has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court charged with driving a car into a seafood shop at the city’s Fairways Business Park in March and setting it and several neighbouring premises ablaze.
Jack Ventham (34) appeared from custody today after his arrest at the weekend and did not apply for bail when his case called before Sheriff Gary Aitken at Inverness Sheriff Court.
Ventham made no plea and was committed for further examination.
He is accused of two offences.
The first, that he reset a vehicle at various locations in Inverness as well as at Perth BP station and McDonald's in Livingston, the vehicle having been dishonestly appropriated by unknown means.
He was further charged that at Scottish Premium Seafood, Unit 1, Fairway Business Park, he did, whilst acting in the company of another, wilfully set fire to the premises whereby he reversed a vehicle into the premises and thereafter, by means unknown, the vehicle and premises did ignite and the fire took effect on it and other premises, damaging the same.
Ventham is due to reappear in court within the next eight days, to be fully committed.
Bail may be considered at that stage, if applied for.
