Overview
- Around 2:15 a.m. on December 27, a car parked on Courtney McBride’s driveway in Coatbridge was set alight, and the flames spread to the front of her home.
- McBride and her six-year-old son escaped without injury after a neighbour forced entry to alert them, and they fled out the back of the house.
- Doorbell-camera footage shows a hooded figure dousing the Audi A3 with an accelerant and fleeing, but the attacker’s face is not visible.
- Police Scotland says the fire is being treated as wilful and enquiries are ongoing, and Scottish Fire and Rescue reported no casualties after extinguishing the blaze.
- McBride reports months of abusive messages from a man known to her, including a threat to torch her car, with a prior police inquiry finding no crime as officers now conduct patrols near her home.