The house in Bribbaree where 65-year-old Nerol Doble was doused in petrol and set on fire by her son, Shannon. Photo: Supplied.

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A Bowelfels man has admitted murdering his mother in a brutal attack that saw her set alight in front of a visiting relative at the family’s home in the village of Bribbaree, west of Young last year.

Shannon James Doble, 42, pleaded guilty last week in Young Local Court to the murder of his mother, 65-year-old Nerol Doble, who suffered burns to more than 90 per cent of her body after being doused with petrol and set on fire on 7 January 2024.

Mrs Doble had purchased her half-acre property in the small rural village in September 2022, moving into the modest three-bedroom cotta

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