A judge found Tuesday that there is enough probable cause for a man charged with dousing a Virginia city councilman in gasoline and setting him on fire to have his case be sent to a grand jury.

Twenty-nine-year-old Shotsie Michael Buck-Hayes is charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the attack against Danville, Virginia, Councilman Lee Vogler.

Authorities in court said on Tuesday the motive for the late-July attack appeared to stem from a relationship between Vogler and Buck-Hayes' wife. The wife filed for divorce from Buck-Hayes in the weeks leading up to the attack. 

Danville Police Sgt. Gerrit Clay testified that Buck-Hayes attacked Vogler because of the alleged affair and that he went to the magazine where Vogler worked with the intent to kill him.

Vogler's wife, Blair, testified that he suffered second- and third-degree burns over 60% of his body. She said he had gone into septic shock and developed pneumonia from burns to his lungs.

Prosecutor Michael Newman says the case will go to a grand jury on October 27.