The suspect who allegedly set a Virginia city councilman on fire over the summer has admitted to police that an alleged marital affair motivated the attack , according to court testimony on Tuesday.

Shotsie Michael Buck-Hayes accused Danville Councilman Lee Vogler of cheating with his ex-wife, a Danville police sergeant testified. The defendant was charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding for burning Vogler in late July.

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