Drunk Tyre Centre Arsonist Jailed

A worker who started a fire that caused £700,000-worth of damage at the Budget Tyre Auto Centre in Edinburgh has been sentenced to 28 months in jail. Colin McReadie reportedly drank 20 (yes, twenty) pints of lager when, paranoid about the potential loss of his job, he took a gas torch to a rack of tyres before locking the building and – incredibly – going back to the pub.

McReadie had recently been promoted to branch manager, having worked at the branch for three months. The fact that he pled guilty at the first opportunity cut his potential sentence considerably from a possible 42 month stretch.