Overview
- The life term carries a 24-year tariff before the Parole Commissioners can consider any release on licence.
- Kornelijus Bracas pleaded guilty to murder aggravated by domestic abuse, two arson counts that endangered lives, and theft of his sister’s bank card.
- A post-mortem found 14–15 stab wounds to the neck and burns over about 60% of the body, and firefighters rescued a 12-year-old child from an upstairs bedroom.
- Madam Justice McBride cited prior domestic-violence convictions and the fact Bracas was on bail as aggravating factors, and she declined to make a deportation order.
- Alesia Nazarova’s family said their hearts remain broken and urged people to spread love, while police praised the actions of emergency services and members of the public.