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| Thomas Baird trial: James Carbott guilty of murder and arson | Thomas Baird trial: James Carbott guilty of murder and arson |
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| A man who beat and stabbed his ex-partner's father before setting his body alight has been found guilty of murder and arson. | A man who beat and stabbed his ex-partner's father before setting his body alight has been found guilty of murder and arson. |
| Thomas Baird, 63, was found dead on 2 March last year outside his home in Westerdale, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. | |
| James Carbott, 31, of Epping Green, Hemel Hempstead, was found guilty of both charges at St Albans Crown Court. | James Carbott, 31, of Epping Green, Hemel Hempstead, was found guilty of both charges at St Albans Crown Court. |
| He will be sentenced by the court at a later date. | |
| The trial heard firefighters discovered Mr Baird's body outside his burning bungalow, where he lived alone, and called the police. | |
| 'Dead or dying' | |
| A post-mortem examination revealed he had suffered multiple stab wounds, injuries to the head and his body and he had been set alight. | |
| Jurors were told Carbott had been in a relationship with Mr Baird's daughter Kelly and worked for him for about three months. | |
| But it was said the friendship changed when the defendant's relationship with Ms Baird ended "acrimoniously". | |
| The court heard her father, Mr Baird, had threatened violence against Carbott and the home he shared with his mother. | |
| As a result, it was told Carbott attacked the builder with a crowbar and knife, before setting fire to his body while he was either "dead or dying". |