Sahail and Kasim Ahmed were involved in setting fire to the premises in Glasgow's Gallowgate on May 16, 2020 - aJurors heard the International Mobile Phone Centre had been hit financially by the Covid lockdown that year.
The duo were found guilty of a charge of being part of a fraudulent scheme following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. But, Sahail, of Nitshill, Glasgow, told the trial:"There was a national lockdown , so the shop should not have been trading.Amid the financial struggles, the pair hatched a plan to get their hands on cash.