A Victorian father has pleaded guilty to the horrific murder of his wife , whom he doused in petrol and set alight in front of their seven children at their Albanvale home in 2022.

Roland Griffiths, 41, appeared in the Supreme Court where harrowing details emerged about the shocking crime that left his family traumatised and one daughter severely burnt.

The court heard Griffiths was “drunk on Jack Daniels and control” when he became furious with his wife Kylie and doused her in petrol inside their home.

In heart-wrenching testimony, one daughter told the plea hearing she begged him to stop.

“He went over with a lighter, looked (the child) in the eye and flicked it. She said after that it all went red,” the court heard.

Another daughter was severely burned as she desperately tried to

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