Doorbell footage shows moment man set partner's Audi on fire after argument

This is the shocking moment a man who had just attacked his partner stood by and watched as her Audi car was engulfed in a fire that he started. Christopher Carney, from Houghton, and his long-term girlfriend had been socialising with another couple at her home last October when a row broke out.

Newcastle Crown Court heard Carney's partner left the house and sat in her car after the argument but he dragged her out, punched her face and caused her lip to burst. Prosecutor Claire Anderson said the woman was driven away by her friend and Carney was heard threatening "I'm going to kill you both".