London - Student Mario Pereira was yesterday found guilty at the Old Bailey of the human torch murder of a black musician, Michael Menson.
His co-defendant, Charalambous Constantinou - both men are from Edmonton, north London - was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.
Both had denied murdering Mr Menson (30), who was found by police on fire, almost naked, dazed, and staggering in a London street on January 28th, 1997. Police at first failed to treat Mr Menson's death as murder, believing that he had set fire to himself, the court had heard.