Man killed his family ‘as partner was to leave him’

A DEPRAVED sexual predator who was abusing a teenage babysitter killed himself and the rest of his family in a deliberate house fire because his partner threatened to leave him, a coroner ruled yesterday.

Man killed his family ‘as partner was  to leave him’

Lorraine McGovern had packed a bag and was about to walk out on Arthur McElhill, taking the couple’s five children with her, when he torched their home in Omagh, Co Tyrone.

It is believed Ms McGovern, 29, had just found out her long-term partner was conducting a sexual relationship with the family’s underage babysitter.

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