Pair facing jail for torching family business in 'utterly idiotic' scheme

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'They moved items out of the shop into cars, bought petrol, spread it and lit it.'

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.

 

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