Man dies after being set alight

Wayne Trotter, 30, was walking home from a late shift at a plastics factory in Hertfordshire when his clothes were set alight.

Residents called the emergency services after they found the man screaming for help.

Police are anxious to find three youths seen near the scene of the attack at 0035 GMT on Thursday in Borehamwood.

Ambulance and fire crews and police arrived on the scene, and the man was taken to Barnet General Hospital.

He was later transferred to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where he died.

Before the attack, the victim had just got off a 292 or 107 bus in Furze Hill Road.

From there he walked along Farriers Way before cutting though a footpath into Dales Path, where neighbours found him screaming for help.

Detective Superintendent Steve Read said: "This was an appalling and ferocious attack on a local family man and it appears completely motiveless.

"I would urge anyone with information to come forward as a matter or urgency."

The victim has left behind a pregnant wife and a three-year-old child.