A mother was murdered after her son threw petrol at her and started a devastating fire following a 'furious' argument, prosecutors allege.
Mark See, 34, has gone on trial accused of murdering his 63-year-old mother Sandra See, after a fire took hold in the early hours at the bungalow they shared on Darras Road in Gorton.
He denies murder and is expected to say it was a 'terrible accident'. READ MORE:'The most loving mother anyone could know': Heartbreak after mum-of-five, 38, dies suddenly Ms See's body was 'incinerated', and she had to be identified by a metal plate in her leg.
Her son drove away from the house minutes after the blaze broke out, and was found by police in the fetal position in a churchyard near Manchester Airport hours later, Manchester Crown Court heard.
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