Man denies setting fire to his partner who claimed before her death that he did it

48-year-old Martina Kiely suffered 47% burns to her body at her home in Ballynanty, Limerick in August 2019

Former partner of the late Martina Kiely, Kenneth Hynes, leaving the Dublin District Coroner's Court on Tuesday after the inquest into the death of the 48-year-old who suffered fatal burn injuries from a fire in her home in Limerick five years ago. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins

A Limerick man has told an inquest into the death of a woman from fatal burns injuries that claims that he had set her on fire were “not true".

Kenneth Hynes rejected allegations that he had poured liquid on the legs of his partner, Martina Kiely, before setting her alight when he appeared as a witness at a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court.