They tried to burn man to death

Two would-be killers have been jailed for 21 years each after they tried to burn their victim to death. The victim, a man in his 40s, had been attacked outside of his home in Southchurch Road, Southend in the early hours of 30 October 2019. He had gone outside after taking a phone call from someone he knew. CCTV footage showed him being doused with a fluid from a petrol can and then set alight. He managed to get away…