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A man has been jailed for life after he battered his girlfriend with an iron, poured paint down her throat and burnt her alive.
Anthony Porter, 33, murdered Andraya Lyons, 38, after rowing with her at her work Christmas party.
He followed her home after texting his sister: ‘Some of us are angels, some of us are demons, and tonight the demons won.’
Bristol Crown Court heard that Porter forced his way into her home and hit her over the head with an iron.
He then stamped on her face and poured thick paint down her throat.
Porter later placed gas canisters between the thighs of his girlfriend and doused her with white spirit before setting her on fire while she was still alive.
Firefighters were called after neighbours smelled smoke and discovered Andraya’s charred body on the living room floor at around 5.30am on December 10 last year.
They found blood on the iron, porch, kitchen walls, and in the living room, and Porter’s footprint in the grey paint he had poured on his girlfriend.
On Thursday, Porter admitted murdering Andraya, who leaves behind two sons aged five and eight.
He was jailed for life with a minimum of 17 and a half years.
Judge Peter Blair QC told him he would be subject to the sentence ‘for the rest of your life’ for the ‘dreadful’ murder.
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