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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Katie Weston

Dad tried to set daughter on fire after she turned to him for help during bad break-up

A woman who reconnected with her estranged dad was left devastated after he covered her in petrol and tried to set her on fire.

Stacy Brooks, 31, turned to 61-year-old dad Mark Brooks for help during a break up after going 20 years with no contact.

Despite taking her into his home in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in July last year, when she "needed him the most" Stacy claims her dad became "angry" about her new partner - whom she has since split from.

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