‘Barman torched girlfriend’s carpet with makeshift flamethrower’

A barman torched his girlfriend’s carpet using a ‘makeshift flamethrower’ and told her they would both die together, a court heard. Renat Hammet Millay, 30, lavished Ciera Kilgour with gifts and affection but he became abusive when drunk and once threw her mobile phone into the Thames, it was said. The couple met while working together at Singer Tavern near Old Street in central London, the Old Bailey heard. Prosecutor Louis Maskell said: ‘This is a case about a relationship,…