Man facing murder charge after woman burned in lift

A NEW York City man accused of setting a 73-year-old woman on fire in a lift has been charged with her murder.

Jerome Isaac was indicted yesterday on a charge of first-degree murder.

Isaac was arrested on Sunday on charges he killed Deloris Gillespie by dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire in a dispute over money.

A security camera captured the scene. Isaac, his face badly burned, later turned himself in to police. His lawyer asked a judge earlier this week to order medical treatment for his client.