Girlfriend accused of murdering her lover by setting his house on fire dies weeks before her trial - as his broken family question how she was ever let out on bail
- Jeffrey Lindsell's grieving family are dealing with new heartbreaking blow
- Had been hoping for justice when his accused killer stood trial earlier this month
- Trial dropped after Amanda Zukowski was found dead in her home last month
- Left Mr Lindsell's family with mixed emotions and many unanswered questions
The grieving family of a man who died after fleeing his burning home are devastated they will never see justice following the recent death of his accused killer.
Jeffrey Lindsell, 39, suffered 80 per cent burns to his body after the granny flat behind his parent's home in Gymea in Sydney's south caught alight in October 2017.
Police launched an investigation after Mr Lindsell died in hospital two days later.
His girlfriend Amanda Zukowski, 49, was charged with murder eight months later, accused of starting the fire and tampering with the property's water supply.
Zukowski was later granted bail by the Supreme Court and was due to stand trial last week, which was abandoned after she was found dead in her home in Sydney's inner-west on January 12.
Jeffrey Lindsell (pictured centre with his family) will never get justice following the death of his girlfriend and accused killer three weeks before she was due to stand trial
Detectives on the case broke the harrowing news to Mr Lindsell's family in person.
They were left reeling with mixed emotions after being told the trial they'd been preparing the last two years for wouldn't be going ahead.
'At first I felt relief that we don't have to go through the trial – because we were dreading it – but now, it's so final and we don't have the answers we wanted,' his sister Corrine told news.com.au.
'We are all still struggling to process the news. There’s definitely anger among our family. I can’t help but feel if the genders were reversed, we wouldn’t have been waiting two years for a trial.'
Her brother Nathan added: 'It's left our family with no answers – and no justice for Jeff.'
Amanda Zukowski (right) was due to stand trial on February 3 over her boyfriend's death
Jeffrey died two days after he suffered 80 per cent burns to his body when his granny flat behind his parent's home was set alight in October 2017 (pictured)
The pair opened up about their brother's volatile relationship with Zukowski and say he eventually turned into a recluse and cut ties with friends.
Corrine says she always believed Zukowski was responsible for her brother's death while Nathan says she should have never been released bail.
Zukowski's death is not being treated as suspicious.
Kathy Lindsell will never forget the night her son emerged from the granny flat at the back of their home engulfed in flames.
Her husband desperately tried to put out the fire with a hose but no water came out.
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The tragic death of Jeffrey Lindsell (pictured) has brought his family closer together
Amanda Zukowski (left) was arrested and charged eight months after her boyfriend's death
She's now struggling to come to terms with the news that her late son will never get justice.
'I'm still struggling with how I feel or what I feel,' Mrs Lindsell recently told the Sydney Morning Herald following Zukowski's death.
'We've been getting more anxious and stressed as it's been getting closer.'
'But trial or no trial, she said, 'we are still missing our person - Jeff.'
The Lindsells say the tragedy has brought them even closer than they were before.
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It's been two years since Jeffrey Lindsell, 39, (pictured) died from horrific burns
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