LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman who doused a bikini dancer with gasoline and set her on fire has been found guilty of aggravated mayhem and torture.A Los Angeles jury convicted 28-year-old Rianne Theriault-Odom on Thursday on two counts but acquitted her of attempted murder. The Tarzana resident faces a possible life sentence.The victim, Roberta Dos Santos Busby, wept as the verdict was read.Prosecutors say the women had been feuding when Theriault-Odom doused the 28-year-old mother of two with gasoline and set her ablaze in February 2009 at a Tarzana club.Busby testified that she suffered burns over 40 percent of her body, spent five months in the hospital and had 30 skin grafts.Theriault-Odom claimed someone else torched the woman.- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Woman convicted of burning bikini dancer at LA club
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February 12, 2010