Bride set on fire by new husband after he passed out drunk on wedding night and she slept with ex

Aug 19, 2014 - 15:25
Aug 19, 2014 - 15:28
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Bride set on fire by new husband after he passed out drunk on wedding night and she slept with ex
Filippova slept with an ex-lover in ‘revenge’ for her husband drunkenly falling asleep on their wedding night (Picture: Facebook)

A woman was covered in alcohol and set alight by her new husband after he passed out drunk on their wedding night and she slept with an ex-lover in revenge, say Russian police.

Veronika Filippova, 27, died with 80 percent bus on her body after she confessed to husband Ivan Kuzmin that she spent their wedding night with someone else.

According to news site Life News, Kuzmin, 30, had fallen asleep after drinking heavily during the wedding reception and his new bride had gone looking for her ex in a bid to take ‘revenge".

Police in Volgograd in southe Russia revealed that Kuzmin had confessed to the murder.

He now faces up to 15 years in prison.

Kuzmin had a violent past that he kept from his new bride (Picture: Will Stewart)

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