5<\/p>\n David McMillan\u2018s plush \u00a31.15million pad was firebombed 5<\/p>\n Mr McMillan\u2019s front door was soaked with accelerant by two hooded attackers 5<\/p>\n Mr McMillan has ties to the Daniel crime familyCredit: The Sun 5<\/p>\n The 54-year-old is close pals with caged capital coke baron Mark Richardson<\/p>\n The 54-year-old is close pals with caged capital coke baron Mark Richardson, 37, and has ties to the Daniel crime<\/a> family which is under siege from rivals waging an escalating turf war<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is the fifth home linked to the gang which has been set ablaze this week.<\/p>\n A source said: \u201cSetting fire to a house with children inside is low. \u201cKids and women as usually off-limits but these guys have no shame.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr McMillan\u2019s front door was soaked with accelerant by two hooded attackers who set it alight before fleeing around 1.45am.<\/p>\n Flames engulfed it and could be seen leaping up above the frame and across the front of the home.<\/p>\n It remained in place but badly charred this afternoon.<\/p>\n Meanwhile scorch marks were spotted on the entranceway and steps of another pad targeted in the city\u2019s Prestonfield.<\/p>\n Cops are also probing a third strike in nearby Niddrie.<\/p>\n And it is understood thugs also targeted the home of a Richardson relative in Liberton in a fourth early-hours raid.<\/p>\n Cops plea to help end Scots gang war as firebomb feud hits heart of Daniel clan<\/p>\n That took the tally of attacks on homes linked to the crime boss in the last week to six.<\/p>\n Of the raid at McMillan\u2019s pad, a force spokesman said: \u201cThe fire was extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no one was injured.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is being treated as wilful and inquiries are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr McMillan suffered a fractured skull and spent five days in hospital after three men burst into the property and hacked at him with a machete in six years ago.<\/p>\n Only weeks later close friend Mr Welsh, 48, was gunned down on his doorstep in Edinburgh\u2019s New Town.<\/p>\n Hitman Sean Orman, 34, blasted the gym boss for just \u00a310,000 and also carried out the blade assault on Mr McMillan.<\/p>\n He was caged for a 10 years for the machete attack and a minimum of 28 years for carrying out the execution<\/a> after a 12-day trial at the capital\u2019s High Court in May 2021.<\/p>\n Judge Lord Beckett told him he had carried out a \u201cpremeditated assassination\u201d which was \u201ccowardly and wicked\u201d.<\/p>\n A Police<\/a> Scotland<\/a> spokesman said: \u201cWe were made aware of a fire at a property on Pitcairn Grove in Edinburgh shortly after 2am on Thursday, April 17 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fire was extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service<\/a> and no one was injured.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is being treated as wilful and enquiries are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more on the Scottish Sun<\/p>\n Mr Welsh \u2014 a former Hibs<\/a> football casual \u2014 played gangland boss Mr Doyle alongside Ewan McGregor<\/a> and Robert Carlyle in the 2017 sequel to Danny Boyle\u2019s Trainspotting<\/a>.<\/p>\n His funeral at Edinburgh\u2019s Mortonhall Crematorium was attended by around 1,000 people including the film\u2019s writer and novelist Irvine Welsh, 66, who told how his \u201cheart was broken\u201d by the killing.<\/p>\n![\"Black](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imageedit_15_5273577324.jpg\")
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