The jury that had convicted the 42-year-old former soldier of the fatal shooting of a man at a petrol station in Prince William County, Virginia, this week recommended that he be put to death.

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The family of a man set on fire in a petrol bomb attack in Londonderry have said they fear he will not recover from his injuries.

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Traces of petrol were found on clothes belonging to a man accused of killing six of his children in a fire, a forensic expert has told a court.

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Mises thought that Smith was a man of his time with no opinions to offer on petrol rationing, say.

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The woman, in her late 20s, was leaving the Shell petrol station in Poynters Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, on Thursday when the man got into her car.

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The man climbed into the victim's car as she was driving off the petrol station forecourt just before 19:00 GMT.

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Nearly three hours later, the man wrote again to say the centre was closed and he planned to return there with petrol, either on Wednesday or Thursday.

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