A Perth woman was granted a restraining order against her estranged husband just hours before he allegedly doused her in fuel and set her on fire, leaving her with significant burns to her face and arms, a court has heard.

Peter John Moiler, 44, denies any wrongdoing and says his former wife doused herself in a flammable liquid and set herself on fire while sitting in her car outside the family’s Mount Helena home in June 2023. The pair had separated after 11 years of marriage.

Peter Moiler is accused of setting his estranged wife, Kirsten Moiler, on fire outside their Mount Helena home in 2023.

Moiler, who has pleaded not guilty to acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm or prevent arrest, went on trial in Perth District Court on Tuesday, where details of the incident were revealed

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