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…