GALENA, Mo. (AP) - A woman who killed her ex-husband by dousing him with gasoline and setting him on fire has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

After watching a “Waiting to Exhale” marathon on Lifetime, Barbara Ann Banning, 60, poured fuel on her ex-husband while he was sitting in a recliner recovering from knee surgery. She then lit a piece of newpaper on a stove, threw it at him, and then bounced.

Neighbors put out the flames, but Fred Bounous died hours later.

“Yes I want him to die, and I hope he burns in HELL!” said Banning, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree arson.

Public defender Brian Smith said Banning snapped after years of emotional and physical abuse. Bounous’ relatives have questioned the abuse claims. “I mean, he once gave her the clap, but I never thought she’d try to burn him back.”

“No matter what the relationship was like in the past, there was no evidence the defendant was pushed into that situation.” prosecutor Robert George said.

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