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15/06/2007
Man charged over woman's fire death
A 26-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a young woman who was deliberately set on fire in Merseyside.
Monika Szmecht, 20, from Norris Green in Liverpool, died in hospital after being found on Monday night suffering from serious burns.
She had knocked on the door of a house in Blindfoot Lane in the Rainford area of St Helen's around 9pm on Monday begging for help.
She was taken to hospital where she later died. A post-mortem examination revealed that she died from severe burns.
Anthony Clarke, 26, from Halsey Crescent in West Derby, was charged with the murder of Mrs Szmecht on Friday. He is due to appear before magistrates in St Helens on Friday afternoon.
(KMcA/JM)
Monika Szmecht, 20, from Norris Green in Liverpool, died in hospital after being found on Monday night suffering from serious burns.
She had knocked on the door of a house in Blindfoot Lane in the Rainford area of St Helen's around 9pm on Monday begging for help.
She was taken to hospital where she later died. A post-mortem examination revealed that she died from severe burns.
Anthony Clarke, 26, from Halsey Crescent in West Derby, was charged with the murder of Mrs Szmecht on Friday. He is due to appear before magistrates in St Helens on Friday afternoon.
(KMcA/JM)
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