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, say police. 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 per cent burns on her body and died despite frantic efforts by doctors to save her.
Another version of the story suggests that the couple went out for a beer after their wedding when a fight occured between the two. When Flippova attempted to escape her husband, he chased after her and set her on fire with a lighter.
Revenge: Mother of one Veronika Filippova had sought out her former partner after her new spouse fell asleep drunk at their wedding reception
Ivan Kuzmin, 30, her new husband, has confessed to murder after being arrested by police in Volgograd in southern Russia