{"id":131631,"date":"2021-07-08T22:14:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T22:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=131631"},"modified":"2021-07-08T22:14:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T22:14:58","slug":"pair-murdered-homeless-man-by-pouring-petrol-on-his-hut-and-setting-it-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/pair-murdered-homeless-man-by-pouring-petrol-on-his-hut-and-setting-it-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair murdered homeless man by pouring petrol on his hut and setting it on fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A homeless man died after becoming engulfed in flames when two men set fire to his makeshift hut.<\/p>\n

Romanian immigrant Ionut Manea, 38, was in bed when his home was set alight near the North Circular in east London on the night of June 18, 2019.<\/p>\n

Following a retrial, Ionel-Octavian Stanciu, 39, from Barking, east London, was found guilty of murder and grievous bodily harm with intent in relation to a second man who survived the arson attack on Thursday, July 8.<\/p>\n

Co-defendant Petra Deliu, 54, of no fixed abode, was convicted of manslaughter by a 10-2 majority and grievous bodily harm by a majority of 11-1.<\/p>\n

The jury deliberated for 16 hours to reach verdicts and sentencing was adjourned until Friday, July 9.<\/p>\n

It was alleged the defendants bought a jerry can of petrol from a garage in Ilford, east London, before walking to the campsite and setting Mr Manea\u2019s hut on fire.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Tim Cray QC had told jurors: "The hut might not have been much to look at, but it was Ionut\u2019s home."<\/p>\n

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