Thug pleads GUILTY to murdering ex who died two years after he doused her in petrol and set her on fire in brutal attack

A THUG has admitted murdering his ex who died 2 years aft she was doused successful petrol and acceptable alight.

Leigh Pateman, 45, caused "significant" burns to 90 per cent of Ellen Marshall's assemblage during the horror successful April 2021.

Ellen, who was 42 astatine the time, was fixed a 50 per cent accidental of endurance but went connected to unrecorded for different 2 years.

She tragically died successful Nottingham City Hospital successful March 2023 aft requiring round-the-clock attraction and a ventilator to assistance her breathe.

Pateman was antecedently jailed for grievous bodily harm with intent pursuing the savage attack.

He contiguous pleaded blameworthy to the much superior complaint of execution pursuing Ellen's death.

Pateman is present facing a beingness successful prison erstwhile helium returns to court connected December 2 for sentencing.

Ellen had been sitting successful an armchair astatine location successful Skegness erstwhile her ex-partner poured petrol implicit her and acceptable her alight.

The cowardly thug fled connected his motorcycle and near Ellen successful the level for dead.

She was discovered erstwhile firefighters arrived astatine the location and heard gurgling noises.

The mum suffered horrific burns, mislaid respective fingers and her hair and had to acquisition 12 hours of country erstwhile she archetypal arrived astatine hospital.

Ellen's eyes were besides severely damaged and she struggled to respire for herself.

Pateman, whose look was near charred successful the attack, was jailed successful 2022 for 21 years.

At the time, Judge Simon Hirst said: "Ellen's injuries are irreversible and she volition ne'er beryllium capable to instrumentality to her erstwhile life.

"It is hard to deliberation of a crueller crime than mounting idiosyncratic alight."

Ellen's girl Paige Clarke paid tribute to her mum successful a Facebook post pursuing her death.

She said: "No much symptom and suffering present mum.

"Sleep good and I volition spot you soon. I emotion you."