Man jailed for life over murder of partner 21 years after fire attack

Steven Craig served jail time for 1998 petrol attack and was re-arrested after her death in 2019

A man has been jailed for life and told he will serve at least 15 years for the sadistic" and monstrous" murder of his partner, who died 21 years after he doused her with petrol and set her on fire.

In what is believed to be a legal first, Steven Craig, 58, was convicted of murdering Jacqueline Kirk more than two decades after the attack, having already served almost 19 years in prison for it.