A vile thug poured paint down a mum-of-two's throat before burning her alive after her Christmas party.
Anthony Porter was jailed for life for murdering girlfriend Andraya Lyons following a row.
Porter, 33, forced his way into her home and battered her with an iron before he stamped on her head and poured paint down her throat.
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 he placed gas canisters between her thighs 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.
Porter admitted murdering Andraya, who leaves behind two sons aged five and eight, and was jailed for life with a minimum of 17 and a half years.
The court heard that Porter was arrogant and selfish towards Andraya over the course of their relationship, hitting and spitting at her.
On the night of the murder, he accompanied Andraya to her work Christmas party at the Marriott Hotel in Swindon, Wilts.
He was "drunk, aggressive and lewd", it was said, and at one point he had to be pulled off his girlfriend after she "told him it was all over".
Prosecuting, Colin Meeke said:
The prosecutor said Andraya's friends, who last saw her alive at 1.20am, begged her to stay with them but she "exercised her own free will" and chose not to.
But 40 minutes later, at around 2am, Porter arrived at the house and launched a drink and drug-fuelled "frenzied" attack on Andraya.
Over the next three hours, neighbours heard five to six minutes of high-pitched screaming, a female voice shouting "let me out" and a "thudding sound about 15 times".
He finally left at around 5am, and soon afterwards firefighters were called to the burning house.
A forensic examination of Andraya's body later concluded she suffered 45 separate injuries, including bruises and a cut to her cheek, possibly from the paint can lid.
She had burns on her breasts, stomach and legs and the "thick, granular" paint in her throat. The cause of death was blunt force injury, paint inhalation and smoke inhalation.
After killing Andraya, Porter confessed his crime to family members, telling his sister he "lost control and kept hitting her to her death".
He later visited his mother's grave before handing himself in to police and claiming in an interview that he murdered his partner in "five minutes of madness".
Culled from Daily Mirror
Porter, 33, forced his way into her home and battered her with an iron before he stamped on her head and poured paint down her throat.
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 he placed gas canisters between her thighs 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.
Porter admitted murdering Andraya, who leaves behind two sons aged five and eight, and was jailed for life with a minimum of 17 and a half years.
The court heard that Porter was arrogant and selfish towards Andraya over the course of their relationship, hitting and spitting at her.
On the night of the murder, he accompanied Andraya to her work Christmas party at the Marriott Hotel in Swindon, Wilts.
He was "drunk, aggressive and lewd", it was said, and at one point he had to be pulled off his girlfriend after she "told him it was all over".
Prosecuting, Colin Meeke said:
"Things got so bad that her friends arranged she would go home with them instead of going to her home address.
"As the taxi drove off he punched the taxi window and was overheard saying he would break into the house and torch it.
"The taxi took her to her home address so she could collect some personal belongings. She decided she would stay at he house and said he wouldn't be a problem, it was alright."
The prosecutor said Andraya's friends, who last saw her alive at 1.20am, begged her to stay with them but she "exercised her own free will" and chose not to.
But 40 minutes later, at around 2am, Porter arrived at the house and launched a drink and drug-fuelled "frenzied" attack on Andraya.
Over the next three hours, neighbours heard five to six minutes of high-pitched screaming, a female voice shouting "let me out" and a "thudding sound about 15 times".
He finally left at around 5am, and soon afterwards firefighters were called to the burning house.
A forensic examination of Andraya's body later concluded she suffered 45 separate injuries, including bruises and a cut to her cheek, possibly from the paint can lid.
She had burns on her breasts, stomach and legs and the "thick, granular" paint in her throat. The cause of death was blunt force injury, paint inhalation and smoke inhalation.
After killing Andraya, Porter confessed his crime to family members, telling his sister he "lost control and kept hitting her to her death".
He later visited his mother's grave before handing himself in to police and claiming in an interview that he murdered his partner in "five minutes of madness".
Culled from Daily Mirror
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