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Yahoo
03-08-2025
- Yahoo
Car torched outside home as police probe deliberate attack
A car has been deliberately torched in what police are describing as a "wilful fire." Emergency services rushed to an address on Abronhill, Cumbernauld, at around 2.30am Saturday, August 2. A Nissan X-Trail was destroyed in the blaze outside the home on Spruce Road, which police believe was an act of wilful fire-raising. READ MORE: Crews battle overnight blaze at historic church near as residents evacuated READ MORE: Fire crews race to Glasgow industrial estate as HUGE fire breaks out Detective Constable David Williamson said: 'Luckily, no one was injured; however, the consequences of this dangerous and reckless act could have been much more serious. 'Our enquiries are at an early stage, and I urge anyone who was in the Spruce Road area around 2.30am on Saturday, who witnessed anything suspicious, to contact us. 'I would also appeal to anyone driving in the area with a dash-cam or anyone nearby with personal footage to please check their recordings and get in touch if it holds anything relevant. 'Anyone with information should contact 101, quoting incident number 0420 of August 2, 2025. Alternatively, Crimestoppers can be contacted on 0800 555 111, where anonymity can be maintained.'
BBC News
16-06-2025
- BBC News
Man appears in court over 'gang feud' salon fire in Leith
A man has appeared in court over what is said to be a wilful fire at a beauty salon linked to an ongoing gang feud in Scotland's central Logan, 26, was arrested after police raided a house in the Muirhouse Drive area of Edinburgh on Cheveux on Albert Street, Leith, was the first building which the police think was targeted in the dispute between groups in the east and west of the made no plea to a single charge of wilful fire-raising on 6 March when he appeared in private before Edinburgh Sheriff Court. A 24-year-old man was previously charged in April in connection with the fire and a separate attack on a property in Milton Road East on 16 was remanded in custody ahead of another appearance within the next eight than 40 people have now been arrested in connection with the ongoing feud, which police believe is related to two groups deliberately targeting each other.
