Car firebombed at plush home of gangster Mark Richardson's close pal while 'child in back seat'

Daily Record

08-05-2025

A car at the home of mob boss Mark Richardson's friend has been firebombed this afternoon.
A car has been firebombed at the home of gangster Mark Richardson's close pal while "a child was in the back seat".
The blaze took place at David McMillan's plush Edinburgh property in the city on Thursday afternoon.
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Images from the scene show a white car burnt out in the driveway.
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A source claims a child was in the back of the vehicle while shopping was being unloaded into the home.
They said: "The kid was in the back of the car after it returned from the shops.
"As shopping was being unloaded by an adult, someone firebombed it."
It is not yet known if anyone was injured in the incident.
It comes weeks after the home was also targeted on April 17. David McMillan's house - which had children sleeping inside - was targeted by two masked thugs who set the front door on fire before fleeing.
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The attack happened on the six year anniversary of the assassination of Trainspotting T2 star Bradley Welsh who was pals with McMillan, 54.
A source said: "There were kids inside the house so McMillan is absolutely raging.
"Kids and women are usually kept out of disputes but these guys are absolutely ruthless.
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"Choosing to target McMillan on Welsh's death anniversary is no coincidence."
The source explained that Mr Big has moved on to Edinburgh again after his enforcers in Glasgow had to lie low due to 'heat' from the police.
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He added: "Mr Big's enforcers in Glasgow were feeling a lot of heat in Glasgow from the cops so have taken a back step for the time being.
"It was the same in Edinburgh a few weeks ago but there's less police on the streets now so the boys over there are active again.
"The Daniel family shouldn't get too comfortable because he isn't through with them."
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A Police Scotland spokesperson said at the time: 'We were made aware of a fire at a property on Pitcairn Grove in Edinburgh shortly after 2am on Thursday, 17 April, 2025.
'The fire was extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no one was injured.
'It is being treated as wilful and enquiries are ongoing.'
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A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: 'We were alerted at 1.46am on Thursday, 17 April, to reports of a dwelling fire on Pitcairn Grove, Edinburgh.
'Operations Control mobilised two fire appliances and specialist resources to the scene where firefighters worked to extinguish a fire affecting a two-storey property.
'There were no reported casualties and crews left the scene at 2.57am after ensuring the area was made safe.'
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Bradley Welsh's killer, Sean Orman, was also found guilty of the attempted murder of McMillan in a separate machete attack.
David McMillan's son, also named David, told Welsh's murder trial how three masked men burst into his Edinburgh home and one began 'hacking' at his father with a blade.
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McMillan snr spent five days in hospital after suffering a fractured skull, a small bleed on the brain, and a double fracture to the arm which needed a metal plate inserted..
The younger David told the High Court in Edinburgh at the time about how he fought off a machete-wielding thug using a replica prop from The Walking Dead TV show.
On the witness stand, he said he'd been upstairs at the family home in the city's Morningside with his girlfriend when he heard 'screaming from my mum' and 'got the impression that someone was in the house who should not have been in the house'.
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He described grabbing the 'lightweight' prop from the hit series about zombies, which looked like a wooden staff wrapped in barbed wire, but was actually hollow and made only of plastic.
After going downstairs with the plastic bat, David jnr said he saw 'a man standing over my dad in the kitchen hacking at him with a large sword'.
He added: 'My mum was standing there screaming. My dad was on the floor.'
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David said he'd hit the man attacking his dad over the head and the assailant 'stumbled back out the kitchen door' and fell over.
The three men were wearing black tracksuits and woollen balaclavas with holes for eyes which looked like they came from a 'robbery movie', he said.
At least one of the other men had a machete, he said, and both looked 'a little sheepish' during the actual attack.
After closing the kitchen door, David said one of the other men did try to 'wrestle' it back open after he closed it and the trio then fled.
A 999 call made by David, who had suffered a hand injury, was played to the court where he said to the operator: 'We don't want police. We just need an ambulance.'
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