Man Sets Self And Daughter Ablaze Alive After Pouring Petrol Over Them And Holding The Girl Down on Car Back Seat In Front Of Her Mother

The 48-year-old man poured petrol over the car and set it alight, restraining his daughter in the back seat, Rai News reported on Monday.

The girl’s 44-year-old mother sustained second- and third-degree burns in trying to save her daughter from the flames. The man and girl died in the car in Pescara, central Italy, while the woman was transferred to a Rome hospital where she is being treated.

The couple had until last year been living together with the five-year-old and the woman’s three daughters from a previous marriage, Rai News said.

They had separated when the mother-of-four reported her partner for abuse, telling authorities that he was violent and trying to prevent their daughter having a relationship with her three half-sisters.

The man was found guilty of abuse in October, when a court ruled he could only see his daughter once a week in the presence of a social worker.

In violation of the court, the couple met with their daughter and were thought to be en route to visit a relative of the woman when the man decided to set the car on fire.