Man sentenced to 34-43 years for setting woman on fire in Kinston in 2020

KINSTON, Lenoir County — A man has been sentenced to 34 to 43 years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with a 2020 attack in Kinston that left a 24-year-old woman with severe burns.

According to the Kinston Police Department, Venice Taylor pleaded guilty Monday, Nov. 9, and was sentenced for the attack that happened Feb. 3, 2020.

Police said Taylor approached the woman, poured a flammable liquid on her and set her on fire.

The victim suffered severe burns to her upper body and was transported to UNC Lenoir before being flown to the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill for treatment.