Exclusive: DaMarcus Beasley firebombing was 'revenge for fling'

RANGERS star DaMarcus Beasley's £65,000 motor was firebombed over a fling, the Record can reveal.


The single midfielder had been involved in a relationship with a woman which led to "tensions".

Her boyfriend is connected with leading underworld figures in the city.

The woman was spotted at Beasley's house in the west end of Glasgow just two nights before the attack - which was exclusively revealed in the Record.

It's understood detectives are probing claims the affair lay behind the torching of the BMW car.

The incident is not thought to be sectarian related or connected with his role playing for Rangers.

A source said last night: "DaMarcus has been involved with a woman and other people connected with her have found out.

"This has become the central theory over what happened to the car. The police are looking into this in great detail and it's a somewhat unsettling turn of events for all concerned."

The car was targeted in Queen's Gardens in posh Dowanhill, Glasgow, shortly after 11pm on Monday. The attack bore the hallmarks of a planned and possibly professional hit.

A hooded figure in dark clothes placed an object - thought to be a container of fuel - under Beasley's BMW 650i. He then walked backwards, pouring fuel for about five yards and lit it with a lighter.

The man then ran off and jumped into a waiting Audi A3 with false number plates which was parked at the bottom of the road.

The white car drove back past the blazing vehicle, then sped off along the quiet streets of Dowanhill at up to 60mph.

Witnesses dialled 999 at 11.05pm and the fire brigade were on the scene five minutes later.

Beasley, 27, came out of his penthouse flat, around 30 yards from the parked car, as firefighters were putting out the blaze.

In an exclusive interview with the Record, he said he had no idea about the motive for the bombing.

A police probe into the attack is "ongoing".