
UK: Woman who set her friend on fire faces imminent sentencing
Article here. I'm guessing maybe she gets 2-5 years, eligible for parole in two, etc. I.e., a slap on the wrist. Guess we'll know soon! Excerpt:
'A woman who doused her childhood friend in petrol and set him on fire after he made what she deemed as misogynistic comments will learn on Thursday if she is going to jail.
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Prosecutors want Walpole jailed for setting Jake Loader ablaze as he sat on a chair in her backyard at Howlong, about 30km west of Albury, early last year.
Mr Loader, who lives in outback Queensland, was in Howlong to join old friends including Walpole for a night on the drink, which included celebrating a 21st birthday.
Walpole claimed Mr Loader had been baiting her before she poured five litres of petrol over his head and used a cigarette lighter to turn him into a human torch.
'He was antagonising me,' she previously told the NSW District Court, sitting in Albury.'
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Update
Sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison.