AN OBAN man has been sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work for setting fire to a vehicle on Christmas Day.
Billy Kennedy, 19, of 8A Colonsay Terrace, Oban, admitted setting fire to and destroying an abandoned vehicle in a lay-by on an unclassified road between Oban and Kilmore on December 25, 2017. Sentence had been deferred for reports.
Defence agent Jane McLaren told Oban Sheriff Court on Tuesday January 30: ‘It was a stupid mistake, showing off in front of his cousins.’