A MAN suffered burns to 60 per cent of his body after a gang set him on fire with petrol, a court heard.
Basildon Crown Court heard that four people allegedly tried to murder the man in Southchurch Avenue, Southend on October 30, 2019.
Shocking police body cam footage showed PC Rebecca Halifax attending an emergency call and finding the man with severe burns across his body sat in a bedroom.
Alan Archer, 33, of Fairmead Avenue, Westcliff, Paul Pruns, 53, of York Road, Southend, Ben Ince, 41, of no fixed address, and Jane Reilly, 53, of Trowbridge Road, Harold Hill, deny attempted murder.
A jury was told the attack was carried out in the early hours of the morning, with the alleged victim returning to his home at 1.34am.