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NSW government ordered to pay legal fees for man accused of setting wife on fire

A jury in 2021 found Kulwinder Singh not guilty of murder. (AAP: Peter Rae)

A Sydney man found not guilty of murdering his wife by setting her on fire has been further vindicated by a Supreme Court, which found he should never have been prosecuted.

Kulwinder Singh won a bid on Friday to force the NSW state government to pay his legal costs for the two murder trials he faced between 2019 and 2021, which could be up to $1 million.

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