In a bail application, Michael Gauci's lawyer suggested the incident may have been an act of self-defence.
Gauci allegedly appeared over the fence and confronted the neighbours about who had spoken to his wife earlier. Det Wick said Gauci ignited a blowtorch and the woman caught fire, with her whole upper body going up in flames. She spent seven months in hospital before being transferred to a rehabilitation facility for two months, and still visits hospital three times a week for physiotherapy and speech therapy on top of in-home care twice a week.
The couple and their two children then got in their car and drove away before emergency services arrived at the scene.
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