A MURDER victim and her boyfriend were forced off the road by an Albanian drugs gang who were owed money, sources claim.
Driver Amy-Rose Wilson, 27, was killed and partner Ryan Paterson, 22, injured following a high-speed car chase in Falkirk.
An insider said the mum was “an innocent victim”.
The Scottish Sun can also reveal Amy-Rose and her injured boyfriend were pursued by a car in a similar horror chase weeks before the high-speed crash that killed her.
The pair told pals they were being “stalked” by people in a motor and filmed a chase along roads in Falkirk.
On Saturday, the pair’s Vauxhall Vectra was forced off a road in the town after death threats by two “Albanian” thugs driving a Mercedes C-class.
Driver Amy-Rose, who leaves behind a young son, died at the scene while Ryan remains in hospital.
Speaking about the previous pursuit in April, she said on social media: “I just drove as normal, I’m not bothered by their childish behaviour & games.
“They will get bored and move on.”
Ryan added: “They’re actually stalking me sitting at the end of the street.”
It’s understood it was different people involved in the first incident.
Saturday’s horror is said to be linked to a debt owed to an Eastern European drugs gang.
An insider said: “Amy was an innocent victim in this.
“A gang of Albanians are said to have been owed a lot of money and came looking for it.
“It was nothing to do with Amy.
“They’ve been trying to get the money for months and we all knew something really bad would end up happening.”
We told how death threats were hurled at Amy-Rose and Ryan — who were involved in selling pricey XL Bully dogs — outside a pal’s flat shortly before their car crashed into a VW Tiguan after the terrifying chase.
The other driver, a 39-year-old man, suffered minor injuries.
On the ambush minutes earlier, a witness said last night: “The C-class turned up and two guys jumped out.
“One had a bat or something similar and they tried to get Ryan.
“But he got away and jumped back in the car.
“They smashed Amy-Rose’s driver side window and she then floored it, closely followed by the C-class.
“They were all driving like bats out of hell.
“They definitely looked Eastern European but were speaking English.”
Another horrified resident said: “They were all gathered at cars and pointing at each other.
“Someone shouted, ‘You’re f*****g dead this time and I mean that.’”
Flowers have been left at the scene half a mile away where Amy-Rose was killed.
One from her father reads: “Amy Rose, my darling daughter.
“I will find you again in heaven, I love you forever, until we meet again.
“RIP beautiful. Love always, Dad xxx.”
A close pal of the mum, who didn’t want to be named, said: “I just keep thinking she’s going to message me and this will all be a bad dream.
“All I can think about is how scared she’d have been.
“We’re all in shock, we can’t get our heads around it.”
It’s thought Amy-Rose, of Falkirk, was born in Newcastle but moved north with her mum when she was around 12.
She had a son six years ago who was looked after by his grandparents — with Amy-Rose a regular visitor.
The pal added: “God knows how they will tell him his mum is gone.”
Appealing for witnessses, Detective Inspector Hazel Reid, of Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Team, said: “It is imperative we trace the occupants of the Mercedes who fled the scene.
“We believe this vehicle has pursued the Vauxhall in a dangerous fashion, resulting in a crash with the Tiguan.”
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