Spurned lover set fire to Inverness flat
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A relationship break-up resulted in a flat being set on fire by a spurned lover and a family with four children being evacuated from the block of eight residences.
The incident happened on August 22, 2022 in Glendoe Terrace, Inverness after 24-year-old Jade Vint had been drinking with neighbours.
Police were called to the scene as well as firefighters who extinguished the early morning blaze which started in the hallway of the local authority property.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that Vint was found sitting on a chair outside and immediately confessed to police she had used white spirit to ignite the fire because her boyfriend had split up with her.
She admitted a charge of wilful fire raising. Vint also pleaded guilty to allowing the property to be used for the supply of drugs.
Sheriff Ian Cruickshank was told that police obtained a search warrant and found cocaine with a street value of £230 in the August 7, 2021 raid.
Vint told officers then that she was not at home when deals took place as she would leave.
Vint, now of Myrtletown Park, Inverness admitted a third offence of breaking into the Co-op in Telford Street, Inverness on September 27, 2022 and stealing a quantity of alcohol.
Sheriff Cruickshank deferred sentence until November 13 for a background report and a restriction of liberty order assessment.
Vint remains on remand.
