Leigh Pateman doused Ellen Marshall in petrol before setting her alight
A man whose girlfriend died two years after he deliberately set her on fire has admitted a charge of murder. Leigh Pateman doused 42-year-old Ellen Marshall in petrol as she sat in a chair before setting her alight at Firbeck Avenue, Skegness , during an argument in April 2021.
Judge Simon Hirst adjourned sentence on Pateman until December 2 and said he now faced a sentence of life imprisonment. "This is a case which isn't a stranger to me having sentenced the Section 18," Judge Hirst added. Prosecutor Sarak Knight said that basis had been considered and was acceptable to the Crown Prosecution Service. The previous sentence hearing was told how firefighters discovered Ms Marshall, who was originally from Nottingham, lying on the floor of the property.
The court heard Pateman had made a previous threat to set his partner alight and had kept the petrol at his property, but she did not believe him. Ms Marshall was still conscious when firefighters found her and managed to give her name, but claimed the injuries were self-inflicted. The court heard Pateman and Ms Marshall had frequently argued in the months before the attack and he had previously threatened to set her on fire. Judge Simon Hirst, passing sentence in 2022, told Pateman: "It is difficult to think of a crueller crime than setting someone alight."Her injuries are irreversible and she will never be able to return to her former life," Judge Hirst added.
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