A crook has been slammed by a sheriff after he set his employer’s van on fire in Paisley to cover up the fact he had crashed it.
While James Rae’s boss was on holiday in October last year, he had been asked to carry out some extra delivery shifts.
During a shift, Rae – who has multiple High Court convictions – crashed the van into a lorry and rather than own up to his boss, he took the vehicle back to the Clark Street yard and set it on fire in a “premeditated criminal act” which caused £10,000 worth of damage.
