Son who murdered mother after throwing petrol at her and starting devastating house fire faces life sentence

A son who murdered his mother by throwing petrol at her and deliberately starting a devastating house fire faces a life sentence.

Mark See, 34, denied murdering 63-year-old Sandra See but was found guilty by a jury after four days of deliberations.

He is due to be sentenced at a later date.

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Manchester Crown Court heard that the fatal blaze broke out in the early hours of July 13, at the home they shared on Darras Road in Gorton.

See, who had been drinking whiskey and coke all evening, grabbed a plastic milk bottle filled with petrol after rowing with his mother.

Prosecutors said he threw petrol at her before starting a fire after a 'furious, drunken argument'.

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See and his girlfriend Natalie Hughes were able to escape, but Sandra See died.

After leaving the house, See drove off in his work van.

"She's dead, she's dead," See was heard saying to Ms Hughes, his pregnant fiance who also acted as his mother's carer.

"Let's leave her, let's go."

Ms Hughes stayed and called 999.

See was only found about 16 hours later, in a churchyard near Manchester Airport.

Police found him lay in the fetal position, having suffered burns to his hands and feet.

Ms See's body was described as being 'incinerated'. She had to be identified by a metal plate in her leg.

See told the jury that the fire was an accident, and denied wanting to hurt