She was sitting in her car when Thomas Rainey opened the passenger door and threw flammable liquid over his wife
A man who threw a bucket of petrol over his wife and set her on fire inside a car has been sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison.
READ MORE: Man 'lured' to quiet lane and 'riddled' with bullets in 'execution' hit, murder trial hears Ms Rainey was able to relay details of the attack to emergency services, some of which was captured on police bodycam, before she was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital where she later died. The defence put forward that Mr Rainey had no previous history of domestic abuse, but Mr Justice O’Hara stated during sentencing “the murder of a wife who is seeking a divorce is in itself a definitive act of domestic violence”.
Mr Justice O’Hara also stated that Ms Rainey was in a “particularly vulnerable” position inside the car where she had “no realistic hope of escape” when she was attacked and the fact that Mr Rainey had put petrol in a bucket and had a lighter on hand indicated premeditation. “Mrs Rainey was in the car, with her seatbelt on, about to leave for work that morning. Thomas Rainey opened the passenger door, he threw flammable liquid over his wife and set her alight,” she said.
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