Saturday, March 6, 2010

Teenager Who Poured a Can of Petrol Over his Girlfriend and Set Her on Fire

Teenager gets life for fire murder

A teenager who poured a can of petrol over his girlfriend and set her on fire has been locked up for life for her murder.

Jessica McCagh, 17, burned to death when 18-year-old Stewart Blackburn set her alight on April 25 this year after a row in which she threatened to leave him.

As she was engulfed in flames in the bedroom of his flat in Arbroath, Angus, the killer held the door shut to stop her escaping.

Blackburn was detained for life at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday, and ordered to spend at least 21 years behind bars for the "barbaric and evil" murder.


Jessica McCagh, 17, burned to death when 18-year-old Stewart Blackburn set her alight on April 25 this year after a row in which she threatened to leave him.

As she was engulfed in flames in the bedroom of his flat in Arbroath, Angus, the killer held the door shut to stop her escaping.

Blackburn was detained for life at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday, and ordered to spend at least 21 years behind bars for the "barbaric and evil" murder.

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