A man endangered the life of his former partner by setting fire to a sofa outside her home.
James Kemp, 39, was also accused of starting a string of fires that destroyed and damaged vehicles across Kirkcaldy.
He admitted he was responsible for the fire at the home of former partner Melissa Geddes in Salisbury Street, Kirkcaldy, but a jury at Dunfermline Sheriff Court delivered not proven verdicts for the rest.
Kemp had two previous convictions for fire-raising and will be sentenced on February 10.
The court heard he set fire to furniture outside Ms Geddes’ home, putting occupants in danger on October 10.
Depute fiscal Beverley Adam said: “She (Ms Geddes) had purchased a new sofa suite and put the old one outside the property against the wall to be uplifted.”
When Ms Geddes returned home at around 11.35pm the sofa was undamaged, but 10 minutes later a member of the public passed a male matching the description of Kemp then saw the sofa was on fire.
Ms Adam said: “He shouted for assistance from a neighbour and extinguished the fire with water.
“The obvious concern for police officers was that had the fire not been extinguished there would have been serious risk to the occupants.”
The court was told Kemp denied the offence during two police interviews, only admitting it when questioned a third time.
Kemp also denied being responsible for a series of fires that damaged vehicles in Kirkcaldy over the past year.
He was alleged to have set fire to a vehicle in Denburn Yard on January 27 last year, which damaged several vehicles.
On the same day he was accused of setting fire to and damaging a van in Smeaton Road.
The motorhome blazes he was accused of starting were in Kidd Street on October 9 and Thornhill Drive the next day.
Sheriff Charles MacNair called for reports including a psychiatric assessment.