A Briton sentenced to death for starting a fire that killed his ex-girlfriend’s young daughter has asked the US Supreme Court to reconsider its decision upholding his conviction and sentence, his lawyer said today.

The US Supreme Court today threw out a decision that erased the conviction and death sentence of a US-British citizen in a fatal fire.

Scotsman Kenneth Richey, on death row for murder in the US, has had his death sentence and conviction overturned because he received incompetent counsel at his trial.