A BRITISH expat allegedly set a US politician on fire after a desperate bid to save his crumbling marriage collapsed, pals have claimed. Shotsie Michael Buck-Hayes, 29, is accused of dousing Danville City Council member Lee Vogler, 38, with gasoline and setting him alight inside his Virginia office on July 30. Vogler — first elected to the Danville City Council at just 24 — remains a well-known local figure and was re-elected last November. Buck-Hayes remains under psychiatric care at Central State Hospital while his attorney seeks a psychological evaluation to determine his competency to stand trial. 7 Buck-Hayes’ friends claim he was desperate to save his marriage before the attack Credit: Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes/Zola