52-year-old Michael Maggs (pictured) previously admitted attempted fraud and today, Monday 17 April, 2023, he was sentenced to 13 months in prison at Inverness Sheriff Court.
Maggs was developing three properties at a site at Earlseat Steading, Moyness, near Nairn. In order to obtain insurance cover he claimed that the site was well secured with fencing and CCTV and that he was living there. Neither was true.
Around 10.10pm on 29 November 2017, a fire was reported to emergency services and attended by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. The fire was put out, however, two of the houses were completely destroyed.
