A controlling husband who planted a secret camera in his estranged wife’s bedroom sent her a voice note saying ‘I hope you suffer and die’ before he set her alight.
Damion Simmons, 45, poured litres of petrol over Denise Keane-Simmons, 36, before he murdered her at her home in Brent, north-west London, on April 16 last year.
Hours before the murder, the man posted an intimate picture of her on Instagram along with her maiden name, job and the school where she worked.
In a WhatsApp voice message he then sent to his ex-wife, he said: ‘I hope you suffer and die just like how I suffer and die before I go. I really hope you suffer and die.’
Simmons will be sentenced on September 22 at the Old Bailey