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Woman set on fire after stabbing

Posted by: Ben Wise | 1 June, 2010 - 9:26 AM

7:10pm: The 42-year-old woman who was stabbed and set alight at a service station in Bayswater on Tuesday morning has passed away in hospital tonight.

The woman died from horrific burns as a man remains under police guard in hospital following a day of drama in Bayswater.

Her attacker, a man armed with a knife, then held police at bay for several hours behind a nearby church.

Officers discharged capsicum foam and shot at him using a bean bag gun before he surrendered peacefully.

Victoria Police has offered to organise counselling for anyone who witnessed today's fire, while homicide squad detectives have appealed for anyone with footage of the incident to come forward.

Witnesses and affected members of the public should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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The Bayswater service station where a woman was allegedly set alight.

The Bayswater service station where woman was set alight.

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11:30am: 3AW Reporter Yvette Gray told Neil Mitchell the man who allegedly set a woman on fire after stabbing her at a service station in Bayswater has now been taken into custody.

He was 'shirtless' and on a stretcher, Gray said, before adding he was then taken away by ambulance.

11:10am: 3AW Reporter Yvette Gray told Neil Mitchell the man who allegedly set a woman alight after stabbing her in Bayswater this morning is contained by police in the courtyard of a church near where the horrible incident occurred.

Gray said police may have used a 'bean bag' gun.

10:33am: It's now believed the suspect is still holed up in a garage near where the incident occurred this morning.

Channel 7 reporter told Neil Mitchell police dogs have been used and man is 'contained', not 'detained'.

10:10am: Neil Mitchell says he has confirmed with police, who he will speak to soon on 3AW, that a man has been taken into custody after a woman was stabbed and set alight at a Bayswater service station today.

The woman has been taken to hospital in a critical condition.

Truck driver Beau Flemming had earlier told Neil Mitchell he was driving down Mountain Highway when he heard an explosion and saw the car alight.

He said bystanders grabbed fire extinguishers and tried to help the woman, who was completely engulfed in flames, however the man prevented anyone from approaching her.

"The male was running around waving knives and everyone was trying to help the female and it went pear-shaped real quick," he told 3AW. "[She was] engulfed, completely. All her hair, everything. There was not one bit of white skin left."

He said a bystander jumped in his Hummer and drove at the man in a bid to 'run him over so we could have access to her'.

"He was waving knives around at us, a very scary situation for everyone ... he was telling her to burn, yeah, just not a very pleasant sight. The car was completely engulfed, she was completely engulfed, there was just black smoke pouring out from underneath the servo. We were just trying to get her away because we didn't know if they had shut the valves off to the pumps or anything."

10:00am: A caller to 3AW's Neil Mitchell program says police have surrounded a garage where it's believed the man who stabbed and set alight a woman in Bayswater this morning is inside.

9:30am: A woman has been stabbed and her car set alight at a service station in Bayswater this morning.

It's understood the fire also spread to a bowser at the service station on the Mountain Highway.

Police say the woman has suffered superficial injuries in what is thought to be a domestic dispute.

At this stage no arrests have been made.

Beau Flemming, who witnessed the incident, was in shock as he told 3AW's Neil Mitchell what involvement he had in helping the woman.

Blog comments Your Say

  • fact. no one deserves what happened to this women.. but domestic violence goes both ways... he had 11 stab wounds how did he get thoses.. this women has in the past threatened the life of his young children.. fact.. on more than one occasion.. this is a story of drugs destroying the life of not only the mana nd women involved but there families... to all the young people out there watching this look what ICE can do turns nice people into raging lunitics.. capible of such a gross act... the life of drug uses and dealers... a life these 2 people surrounded themselves with can only lead to distruction... this isnt about domestic violence this is simply 2 people on a bender from ICE no control ... and now all thoses involved have to suffer...

    kym michaels Saturday 19 June, 2010 - 8:08 PM

  • joe logan... there are absolutely no excuses for what this guy has done if he's guilty. i dont care if the poor women had done stuff beforehand to him, no one deserves to be stabbed and burnt to death! all this guy deserves if he's guilty is to have his head blown off! this city, this country is going down the gurgler lately! whatever happend to this peaceful place?

    Nick Saturday 12 June, 2010 - 9:46 PM

  • You vile piece of crap (joe Bogan), its people like you who always try make an excuse for the scum bags, i think what should happen is the guilty person in this case should be stabbed in the neck and set alight see how he feels.I also think that you joe Logan where the same person saying" oh that poor man who allegedly threw Darcy freeman off the westgate" poor man whats going on in his head to allegedly do that. The biggest sentence to be handed out by our Legal system will be to the hummer driver for reckless driving and endangering lives, what a joke

    Robert Thursday 3 June, 2010 - 9:05 PM

  • Joe Logan- what?

    He obviously hurts people Joe- he just allegedly murdered his partner. Oh but he plays football so he must be a lovely guy. You are almost as scary as your buddy.

    scarlett Wednesday 2 June, 2010 - 5:23 PM

  • OMG Joe Logan what about the poor woman who was st alight and stabbed??! He must have had something on his mind??? We all have at times, doesn't give anyone a right to commit this sort of offence, and the fact that he also stopped witnesses from helping her, my god...what a disgrace

    Sophie Wednesday 2 June, 2010 - 3:29 PM

  • Joe Logan, ah..hello? You obviously didn't really know this man HELLO??? How could you defend such a horrific crime!!!!

    What the? Wednesday 2 June, 2010 - 10:28 AM

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