Abuser murdered partner days after walking free from court for threatening to set her on fire

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A man who walked free from court after threatening to set his ex-girlfriend on fire went on to murder her two weeks later. Robert Massey screamed vile abuse at Jacqueline Forest after attempting to kick down her front door in mid-august, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Just 17 days later, he strangled Jacqueline to death before stabbing her and writing insults all over her body with a pen. The 43-year-old defendant had been in a relationship with the 49-year-old victim, who was known to loved ones as Jaki, since the summer of 2020 and had stayed at her home on Piele Road in Haydock, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

Massey was previously handed an 18-month community order at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on August 15 this year after assaulting Jacqueline, and given a restraining order from attending her address for 28 days.

Prosecutor Andrew Ford KC said two days before his court appearance, Massey had gone to his victim's flat armed with an iron bar and started kicking down the door.