Lighter-toting man bursts into flames after being hit with capsicum spray

A coroner has urged police to review the use of capsicum sprays after an officer sprayed a mentally ill man who had doused himself with accelerant, setting him on fire.

Coroner Jane Hendtlass said James Bloomfield, 53, died after receiving 90 per cent burns to his body — via redwolf.newsvine.com

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