A man is to stand trial accused of starting a fire outside a block of flats that forced occupants to jump from windows to escape.

Craig Davidson is alleged to have started a fire in a waste bin outside a building in Bonnygate, Cupar, on September 20 last year.

It caught alight - destroying the bin and also the covers of gas boxes.

Prosecutors say that it "placed occupants of the property in danger insofar that they evacuated the property via a window".

Davidson faces further charges of stealing a bicycle, taking a car without consent and vandalising a car on the same day in Cupar.

Davidson, 19, of Randolph Court, Leven, denies four charges on indictment at Dundee Sheriff Court.

Lawyers for the Crown and defence said they were ready for a trial to be set, and sheriff Alastair Charmichael set a trial date in August.