He faced trial after pleading not guilty to charges of attempted murder and intentionally causing injury in circumstances of gross violence. Gauci also denied two separate charges of reckless conduct endangering serious injury to Ms Grey's friends during the incident at Werribee. Gauci then ignited a blowtorch and set Ms Grey's entire head and upper body on fire, the prosecutor alleged. Ms Moran said Gauci was enraged by Ms Grey's earlier interaction with his wife and he deliberately set her on fire. "It's a case which attempts to paint a false picture of Mr Gauci as this homicidal enraged man intent on murder," he told the jury.