Lewis Connor has been jailed for three years following his crimes which the 27-year-old later boasted about saying the place was lit up 'like Blackpool illuminations when I left'.
A callous arsonist who set fire to a house and Hamilton hair and beauty salon boasted about the place being lit up "like Blackpool Illuminations" when he left.
Connor was charged with two charges of wilfully setting fire in relation to the property in Bonnybridge, near Falkirk, and the salon in Hamilton, and one charge of conspiring to set fire to various properties and motor vehicles.READ MORE: Blaze tears through Glasgow flat block as emergency services rush to scene
In one encrypted message sent by Connor after he torched the property in Bonnybridge, he said "the place was like Blackpool illuminations when I left."Donnie Lawrie, from the NCA, said: "Lewis Connor used Encrochat to boast about his crimes, thinking he was not in the sights of law enforcement. Unfortunately for him, we were able to access his messages and used them to link him to these incidents that destroyed the property of local residents.
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