A dad claimed he torched a Larkhall carwash out of revenge after he was the victim of a hammer attack. However, Andrew Johnston's bid to destroy the premises failed when a water pipe burst and put out the fire.
Johnston, 40, of Pollok, Glasgow, was jailed for a year at Hamilton Sheriff Court when he admitted setting fire to The Wash Centre in Strutherhill Industrial Estate.
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The vehicle was linked to him and he was arrested two weeks after the fire."Damage was minimal as the heat had burst a pipe and water extinguished the fire."Defence agent Calum Weir said Johnston, who lives with his partner and two children, had been attacked and badly injured by two men armed with a hammer not long before this incident.The lawyer stated: "One of those attackers was a man who was involved with the carwash.
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