Another woman is behind bars tonight, and she will spend 6 years in prison for burning down her boyfriend's house.
A jury found that on January 30, 2011, Keisha Banner burned down her boyfriend, Deshon Rowland's home. The day after the fire, he told 7news what happened:
Deshon Rowland - Owner
"My girlfriend came and she starts to curse me out, so I push her a little bit and just walk inside the house. She came and pick up some pint bottles, so I just held her from picking up the pint bottles after that she followed me inside the bathroom when I went to bathe. So I went outside the house for a walk to avoid arguments and talking. Then some people came and told me that my house is on fire. She tells my friends to tell me that she is burning down my house. I have to move on from here because she hurt me, this is all I got."
The 24 year old Banner was found guilty on January 22 after Rowland gave the jury the same account he gave us two years ago.
Today was her sentencing hearing, and Banner called 3 witnesses to testify. All of them spoke of her as a model citizen for her entire life until the charge was brought against her in 2011.
Her attorney, Simeon Sampson, asked the court to consider a lesser sentence because it is her first conviction, and more than that, it was the first time she was every charged with anything.
After considering all the facts, Justice Gonzalez ruled that she will serve 6 years in prison - which is lenient considering the maximum penalty is life in prison.
This is the first conviction in the Central District of the Supreme Court for 2013.
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