Sharkey fire accused 'threatened' bouncer of pub that later burned down

A man accused of starting the Helensburgh fire that killed three members of the Sharkey family reportedly threatened a bouncer after he was barred from a pub, which later burned down. Jay Jamieson told jurors at the High Court in Glasgow that Scott Snowden said he would "make his life hell" after he flung him out the Garth Inn. The court then heard that the pub went up in flames just six days after the incident.…

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