Overview
- Martin, 63, poured petrol through his ex-partner’s letterbox in Worsley at about 5:10am on 22 October 2024 and set the house alight as she slept.
- The victim jumped from a first-floor window, suffering two broken ankles and a fractured vertebra, and later described enduring lasting trauma and loss, including her pet cat.
- At the time, he was on bail for a 2021 assault with conditions to live in Leicester and not contact her, which prosecutors said he breached by travelling to Greater Manchester.
- He fled to the Lake District and was arrested the next day; police found a petrol can containing fuel in his hotel room.
- Minshull Street Crown Court ordered a 30-year term with two-thirds to be served in custody and imposed an indefinite restraining order after a jury convicted him of attempted murder and ABH.