Indian-origin woman found guilty of setting husband afire in Houston
March 11, 2014  01:44
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A 27-year-old Indian-origin woman has been found guilty by a US jury of arson causing death to her husband two years ago, but not guilty of capital murder.

The Travis County jury found Shriya Patel guilty of arson causing death to her husband. The jury was dismissed by Judge David Crain until tomorrow after reading the verdict.

That's when the sentencing phase of the trial will begin. Shriya faces five to 99 years in prison. Prosecutors accused Shriya of luring her husband Bimal Patel, 29, into the bathtub for a massage, dousing him with gasoline and then setting him on fire on April 17, 2012.

Bimal died at the burn centre of the San Antonio Military Medical Centre, nearly five months after the incident. Defence attorneys argue Bimal did it to himself and forced Shriya to help.
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