![]() The court heard that MacNamara’s brother resided in the block of flats targeted in the fire but he had gone on a visit to Wales. A search of MacNamara’s vehicle found a receipt for the purchase of petrol. The presence of an accelerant was noted and a piece of fabric found in the letterbox of the flat where the fire began. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service advised the building, which was made up of local authority and private flats, was unsafe and confirmed the fire was set wilfully. ![]() The court heard that because of the scale of the blaze, 11 fire appliances were called out to attend the intense fire. ![]() I could see the flames starting on the roof.” “I was standing out on the street,” the resident said. He was one of several who made phone calls to the emergency services to report the fire. He then smelt burning and joined up with another resident to bang doors to alert others. One resident told the court that in the early morning he heard noises coming from an upstairs flat which he thought was strange as he believed it to be unoccupied at the time. ![]() ![]() Three flats in the block were damaged by the blaze and smoke spread throughout the building. The 47-year-old was originally charged with attempting to murder residents at the block in Edinburgh’s Bailie Terrace on July 11 in 2021, which he denied.īut the Crown accepted his guilty plea to a reduced charge of wilfully starting the fire to the danger of their lives during a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. Patrick MacNamara set alight a piece of fabric and put it through the letterbox of an unoccupied flat in the early morning before the blaze took hold and destroyed the roof. A man who put the lives of residents in a block of flats in danger by starting a fire has been jailed. ![]()
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