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She said that in the past Urfan Sharif had poured a flammable liquid on her and tried to set it alight.

Before he realised the wrecked helicopter was alight, Mr Wicks was six feet from the cockpit and said he could see "silhouettes" inside, adding that "it did look like they were moving".

The 33-year-old died days after being doused in petrol and set alight at her home in western Kenya.

There has been a spate of such incidents in recent months, the latest of which saw a childcare centre in Sydney set alight and sprayed with anti-Jewish graffiti.

“The moment the glass cracked, you would have wind-driven sparks in the interior of the home, which includes flammable furnishings and rugs that can easily set a house alight.”