An Essex woman has been found guilty of the murder of a teenager who was covered in petrol and set on fire in an argument over a boyfriend.
Deborah Carne, 17, was left burning in an isolated layby near her home in Sible Hedingham in July 2002.
Tests showed she had been asphyxiated before being set alight.
On Wednesday at Chelmsford Crown Court Kerry Bauer, 21, of Braintree, was convicted of murder.
Emma Last, 18, of Braintree, had earlier admitted murder.
A third defendant, Steven Wood, 23, of Halstead, Essex, was found guilty of manslaughter but acquitted of murder.
Nicole Hollinshead, 19, also of Halstead, was also acquitted of murder and found guilty of conspiracy to inflict grievous bodily harm.
They will all be sentenced on 21 April.
Published Wednesday April 14, 2004
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