A teenager who poured a can of petrol over his girlfriend and set her on fire has been locked up for life for her murder.
Jessica McCagh, 17, burned to death when 18-year-old Stewart Blackburn set her alight on April 25 this year after a row in which she threatened to leave him.
As she was engulfed in flames in the bedroom of his flat in Arbroath, Angus, the killer held the door shut to stop her escaping.
Blackburn was detained for life at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday, and ordered to spend at least 21 years behind bars for the "barbaric and evil" murder.
The victim's parents, Marion and Garry, who sat through days of harrowing evidence during the trial, were in court to see Blackburn led away to the cells.
Judge Lord Bracadale said Jessica suffered a "terrible death" at Blackburn's hands and the killing had involved an act of "quite extraordinary cruelty".
A jury took less than two hours last month to unanimously find Blackburn guilty of murder after a 10-day trial at the High Court in Livingston.
Blackburn, described in court as a "violent thug", had tried to plead guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide, insisting the fire was not started intentionally.
He claimed hot debris from a cannabis joint he was smoking accidentally ignited petrol which he had splashed on Jessica during the row in his Bloomfield Road flat.
Jessica's father Garry said he was happy with the 21-year minimum sentence. He added: "Life should be life. I hope he doesn't get out. I hope they just keep him in."
