Woman Sentenced for Setting Victim on Fire

0:00It's March 30th. This is Vancouver News today, AI-powered stories from your city. A 27-year-old woman named Samantha Elizabeth Forne's Hall just got hit with a sentence of just under three years in prison for aggravated, assault after intentionally setting another woman on fire in Langley last summer. The attack went down on July 12th, 2025, around 6.35 pm at the Langley City bus loop near Fraser Highway and Cascades Casino, where police rushed to help a woman in distress. The 37-year-old victim bolted into the nearby Coast Langley Hotel lobby, her face shiny from burns, screaming for help before landing in the hospital for serious treatment, and folks were shook by how brutal it looked. Cops quickly ruled it no random hit, grabbing surveillance and dashcam footage that showed an accelerant thrown at her, lighting her up on purpose. Though they're still testing what exactly it was, Hall got nabbed the next day, stayed locked up, pleaded guilty last fall, and on March 4th in Surry Court, she earned enhanced

1:02credit for time, served, meaning two more years inside, plus a 10-year weapons ban and DNA order case, closed on this fiery nightmare.