Wife doused gasoline and burned her husband alive in front of 3 children, received 12 years in prison
The Daily Star reports that a mother of five from Victoria (Australia) was recently sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing her husband by pouring large quantities of gasoline on his opponent and starting a fire. It is worth mentioning that the incident stemmed from an unreasonable reason, besides, the three children of the couple had to witness the scene where the mother killed her father.
Records in the Supreme Court of Victoria identify the defendant as Angela Surtes, 35, and the victim as her husband, Mr Daniel. On January 25, 2020, Angela and Daniel returned to their home in Geelong City after an argument at a friend’s engagement party. The cause of the controversy was because Angela was dissatisfied with her husband’s behavior.
At that time, Daniel was sitting in his favorite chair on the terrace when Angela grabbed a gas tank and poured it on her husband’s head, before pulling out a lighter. At first Daniel also got a challenge because he thought his wife would not dare to do the same to him, but a moment later Angela took the gas tank and rushed over.
Photo of the couple Angela Surtes and Daniel when they were still in love. The wife doused her husband with gasoline and burned him alive for unworthy reasons.
Judge Andrew Tinney said at trial: “The defendant threatened Daniel with a match that was already lit near the victim… Then his body caught fire and was engulfed in flames.”
Three of the couple’s children were at home at the time and witnessed the incident.
His son Daniel tried to extinguish the fire using a can of water, but the 36-year-old died tragically the next day from severe burns on 80% of his body surface.
The armchair where Daniel sat was burned, blackened.
Angela’s murder charge was downgraded to premeditated murder when she had previously struck a deal with prosecutors, arguing that she only meant to frighten her husband, not to end his life.
Prosecutor Tinney described Angela’s actions as “outrageous”, “terrible” and “disturbing”, and said it was a “serious act of domestic violence”.
This woman has now been sentenced to 12 years in prison for premeditated murder. What society feels sorry for are their children. They had nowhere to turn when their mother was in prison and their father died. All because of a small dispute that they could sit down together to sort it out.
Source: Daily Star
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