A 20-year-old Kinlochleven man torched his ownfiat and then posted social media messages criticising police for their efiorts to find the culprit. But while Allan Simpson was waiting to be sentenced, he falsely reported to police that an arms deal was about to take place in Fort William.
Last Thursday at Inverness SherifiCourt, Simpson was detained for 18 months aTher admitting charges of wilful fire raising and wasting police time.
Sentence had been deferred by SherifiMargaret Neilson for a background report. At a hearing in July, she was told that Simpson, now of Kilmallie Road, Caol, had set fire to several items in his first floor flat of a block of four in Park Road on November 10 last year.