Trial of man who set fire to girlfriend in 1998
Jurors are told they must decide whether the burns played a significant part in Jacqueline Kirk's deathA man who set fire to his girlfriend is standing trial for her murder after she died 21 years later aged 62.
He has served his sentence for setting fire to Ms Kirk in Dolphin Square, Weston-super-Mare, on 18 April 1998. Prosecutor Richard Smith KC told Bristol Crown Court earlier the severe burns Mr Craig inflicted on Ms Kirk, affecting 35% of her body, including her face, neck, chest, torso, thighs and buttocks, played a "significant" part in her death on 23 August 2019.
"Therefore, we say that good sense and the law says that this defendant should be accountable for the full consequences of what he did.Mr Smith said the main way in which the burns caused by Mr Craig contributed to Ms Kirk's death were that her skin could not stretch to accommodate the swelling of her intestines.
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