An Edinburgh car dealer threatened to attack another man with a petrol bomb after a bizarre row involving the ownership of a speedboat.
Ross Lamb, from the Wardieburn area of the city, went ballistic after the boat and its trailer were towed by a man claiming to be the owner, the Daily Record reports.
Clifford Henderson found the craft after it reportedly went missing, although Lamb, 34, claimed the boat indeed belonged to him after striking a deal to swap it for a car he owned.
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Clifford was asked to call “Fat Ross” during the dispute, the city’s sheriff court heard, and ended up on the phone with Lamb.
During the call, furious Lamb told Clifford: “I’m going to petrol bomb you all. I’ll take all your money and your house.”
Lamb appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday, May 11, and admitted to making the call which was grossly offensive, or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character, in that he made threats towards Clifford.
Fiscal depute Kirstie Webb said the speedboat and trailer had disappeared from its usual parking spot.
Ms Webb said Clifford was made aware the boat was now parked behind a shipping container in the city’s Muirhouse area.
The court was told Clifford and his partner went to recover it and were harangued by a group of youths telling him the boat didn’t belong to him.
Ms Webb said: “Mr Henderson ignored that and continued with the recovery of his boat.”
She said Clifford’s partner was later asked to call “Fat Ross” over its ownership and given a mobile number.
Clifford called and spoke to Lamb who “believed the boat belonged to him”, the court heard.
Ms Webb said Lamb threatened to “petrol bomb you all” before the call on April 18 last year was ended by Clifford.
Defence agent Melissa Virtue said her client believed there had been a deal to “swap” the speedboat for a car.
Ms Virtue said: “He was under the impression the boat had been taken from him.
“Both men seemed to believe they owned the boat.”
The solicitor said dad-of-one Lamb worked buying cars which he “does up” then sells.
Sheriff Matthew Auchincloss fined Lamb £580.
