A woman died after dousing her partner’s flat with petrol and setting fire to it after an argument over money.
Edith Fuller, 45, from Glenbuck Road, Surbiton, set fire to 58-year-old Mark Essex’s Guildford flat in petrol and set it on fire on March 19, 2012, a coroner’s court heard today. Miss Fuller, who suffered with depression and had taken an overdose before, may have set fire to herself by accident after the petrol fumes ignited, Woking Coroners' Court heard.
Miss Fuller had locked Mr Essex in her spare bedroom in Surbiton after a row the day before she killed herself, he said. After his cries for help were heard by neighbours he managed to escape, the inquest at Woking Coroner's Court heard. The coroner heard that he found her in his flat when he returned home. After they reconciled they went for lunch, and he went on to work while she returned to his flat alone.
After he tried to escape the flat, she pulled him back inside and then set fire to petrol in the kitchen, he told the inquest.
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