Two teenagers appear in court after Fife high school fire

Two teenagers have appeared in court in connection with a major fire at a former Fife secondary school.

Their arrest came just four days after the old Viewforth High building in Kirkcaldy was destroyed in the devastating blaze.

Sarah Riggans, 18, from Leven, appeared in private at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court alongside a 17-year-old boy on a charge of wilful fireraising.

The boy cannot be named due to his age.

Neither made any plea on Friday afternoon and both were committed for further examination.

Riggans was released on bail, while the 17-year-old was remanded in custody.

He is expected to make a second appearance within eight days.

A report relating to a 15-year-old boy, also though to have been involved, is still under consideration and he did not appear in court.

* For more on this story see Saturday’s Fife edition of The Courier, also available as a digital edition.