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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

The case that saw killer jailed for life almost 25 years after setting his partner on fire

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This week, a man was sentenced to life in prison for dousing his partner in petrol and setting her on fire in 1998 – an attack that would kill her decades later.

Mother of two Jacqueline Kirk suffered “unimaginable” physical injuries that required hours of surgery on a tracheotomy, facial reconstruction and skin grafting after 35 per cent of her body was burnt.

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