A man sentenced for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, died 20 years after being immolated

He doused his ex-girlfriend with gasoline before setting it on fire. The heinous act was perpetrated by Steven Craig in 1998. Jacqueline K. had survived the self-immolation, but at the price of heavy consequences. She had to live with a completely disfigured face as well as the chest and abdomen filled with huge scars. Although she was predicted to have a remaining life of 10 years, Jacqueline K. survived until 2019 and reached the age of 61. According to the testimony of his daughter Sonya on sky news Quoted by Lematin.chshe had time to see her two children grow upto marry them and see his grandchildren.

Because of this unspeakable aggression, Steven C. had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000. He was released after spending 15 years in prison. The man who has put it fire to his ex-girlfriend in a car park in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, South West England a arrested again in 2021. He was arrested because the authorities were able to establish that he was involved in the death of his ex-partner 20 years after his act. On Thursday, November 10, 2022, the court sentenced Steven Craig to life in prison.

She died 20 years later from the scars of her wounds.

The face, torso and abdomen of Jacqueline K. present ugly scars. According to experts, these scars have an indirect connection with his death. “The large scar on Jacqueline’s chest and abdomen reduced her ability to react whenshe suffered from a swollen intestineexplained the medical experts during the trial“, wrote Lematin.ch.