AN ANDOVER murderer who went to prison for pouring petrol on his wife before setting her on fire died in prison.
Stuart Cordner from Borkum Close was jailed for a minimum of 19 years. He died at HMP Standford Hill, where he was serving his sentence.
Cordner, born in 1975, died on November 1 last year, aged 48, and the Prisons & Probation Ombudsman's investigation into his death is ongoing.
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A possessive husband, he murdered Claire Cordner, 33, four months after their wedding day by pouring half a litre of two-stroke mixture over her while she was sleeping and then used a lighter to ignite it in the early hours of October 13, 2006.
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She died in Salisbury Hospital six days later as a result of her injuries and overwhelming septic shock following several operations.
He pleaded guilty to the charge of murdering Mrs Cordner, a legal secretary, in 2007 at Winchester Crown Court.
The former soldier was 32 years old at the time he was sentenced.
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