Overview
- Minshull Street Crown Court sentenced Nicholas Martin, 63, after a jury convicted him of attempted murder and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
- He poured petrol through Emma Martin’s letterbox as she slept, forcing her to jump from a first-floor window and leaving her with broken ankles and a back fracture; the family cat died.
- The court ordered he serve two-thirds of the sentence in prison and imposed an indefinite restraining order.
- Martin fled to the Lake District after the fire and was arrested the next day at a Windermere hotel where police found a petrol can.
- The case followed a 2021 assault reported in 2024 that led to bail conditions barring contact, and Greater Manchester Police thanked the victim and urged others experiencing abuse to come forward.