Craig Whyte 'did not pay Castle Grant fire extinguisher bill' Ex-Rangers owner Craig Whyte had extinguishers repossessed over an unpaid bill despite threats to firebomb his castle, a court has heard. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were said to be alarmed about the lack of blaze precautions at his Castle Grant home in the Highlands, a trial at Inverness Sheriff Court heard. Two of his former housekeepers, Jane Hagan, 51, and 53-year-old Terence Hogan are accused of stealing thousands of pounds worth of items while they were employed by Mr Whyte at his Grantown on Spey residence. Ms Hagan told the court of late salary payments coming from different companies and a failure by Mr Whyte to pay tax and national insurance on their wages. She said: "We got two wage slips in eight months. They stated he had paid our tax and national insurance. After we were sacked, we contacted HMRC and were told that nothing had ever been paid during our employment. Sometimes we were paid five weeks late and often from different sources. Once we were paid from a company called Tixway, another time from Liberty Corporation and a couple of times by his father. She also spoke of the stress she and her husband were under when the threats were made against Mr Whyte and the Castle. The accused added: "There were none against us specifically. But there were nine against Mr Whyte, including one on a Facebook page to firebomb the castle. He did not seem concerned and had a cavalier attitude about it. An insurance company came to the castle concerned about its fire precautions and its condition. The electrics had been badly installed and the sprinkler system was redundant. Fire experts came and gave us a proposal to replace it. But Mr Whyte did nothing about it. The fire service also came and were horrified to see no fire precautions where the family and the children stayed. We got new extinguishers put in but he didn't pay the bill and they took them back. We bought two of them ourselves for our own safety. He was pretty distant and liked to remain private. I would do the cooking and cleaning and order the food and wine. He wanted the castle run like a five star hotel. After a while we had problems getting supplies because he wasn't paying the suppliers. Hagan also spoke of the Bank of Scotland phoning the castle to have a message passed on to Whyte of the seriousness of situation surrounding the mortgage on the castle. She added: "It was several months behind and it was clear there was a danger the castle would be re-possessed. He told us he wasn't going to come back to the castle and we were instructed to have items put in storage. He went with a low loader to take a tractor and mower to Glasgow and had my husband arrange to store a quad bike and a clay pigeon shoot trap at an acquaintance of Mr Whyte's. These are among the huge array of items Hagan and Horan are accused of stealing from Mr Whyte between June 1 and September 7, 2012. Mr Whyte purchased an 85% in Rangers from Sir David Murray in May 2011 for £1 before it went into administration in February last year.