Bride set on fire and killed by groom after she slept with ex-lover on wedding night

A bride was doused with alcohol and set on fire by
her new husband after she slept with an ex-lover on
her wedding night, police say.
Mother-of-one Veronika Filippova had sought out
her former partner after her new spouse fell asleep
drunk at their wedding reception. The 27-year-old
had 80% burns on her body and died despite frantic
efforts by doctors to save her. Continue...

Ivan Kuzmin, 30, her new husband (pictured with
Veronika, left, during happier times), has confessed
to murder after being arrested by police in Volgograd
in southern Russia, according to police,
News site Life News reported that the bride took
'revenge' on her husband after he passed out at their
wedding party, but was later overcome with guilt and
told him everything.
He responded by dousing her with neat alcohol -
used to make homemade vodka - before igniting her
in flames with a cigarette lighter.
'He set her on fire when she was sleeping, pouring
alcohol on her and our Veronica is gone,' said
relatives of Filippova's in an online posting.
The relatives, Olesya and Yuriy Prosin, also claimed
that Kuzmin had hidden from his wife a previous
conviction for attempted murder and attempted rape
involving an underage girl, which led to a ten year
prison sentence.
'He did not have enough of a conscience to confess to
Veronika that he was in prison for trying to rape an
underage girl and attempted to burn the apartment to
hide the evidence. He is nothing but scum.'
Another version was that the couple went our for a
beer the day after the wedding and this is when the
row erupted leading to her being doused in alcohol
and set alight.
The woman tried to escape, but her husband caught
up with her and struck a lighter,' it was reported.
Police confirmed that Kuzmin had confessed to
killing his wife.
The alleged lover she visited on her wedding night
was not identified.
Sergey Domnyshev, an investigator in the Kirov
district of Volgograd, confirmed to the media
Kuzmin's previous convictions and jail term.
He now faces a possible 15 year prison sentence.
Filippova was previously married and had a ten year
old son by her first husband.

Culled from UK Daily Mail

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