Teens deny setting fire to Strathmartine Hospital

Two teenagers are to stand trial accused of torching a derelict former hospital and “totally destroying” everything inside.

Liam Burns and Aarron Beveridge are accused of setting a blaze at Strathmartine Hospital on June 1 2013.

It is alleged the pair set fire to waste material and “other unknown items” within a derelict building in a secure compound at the former hospital.

Prosecutors say the fire destroyed all items stored within and caused extensive damage to the building.

Burns, 18, of Ballantrae Terrace, and Beveridge, 19, of Teviotdale Avenue, pleaded not guilty on indictment to a charge of wilful fireraising.

Sheriff Pino di Emidio set the trial date for April 21.