A woman who lost her fiancé to arson got some closure Thursday, when the woman accused of lighting the fire was convicted.
Jasmine Lashae Lockett, 26, now faces life in prison for what some considered a revenge crime.
Tomika Worthem survived a fatal fire in October 2015 because the man she intended to marry pushed her out of a window at The Parke on Covington Apartments on Covington Highway in DeKalb County.
The 37-year-old, Tony Hubert, saved his family before succumbing to the smoke.
Hubert also helped Worthem’s two teenager children escape the blaze, which started in the corridor outside the only entrance to in his second-story apartment.
Daughter Tavona Smith told Channel 2 Action News she stood there and cried because the last thing she wanted to do was jump out that window.
“He busted the window open and he said, ‘You’re going to jump,’ and he pushed me,” Smith said.
Firefighters found Hubert dead inside the apartment.
Keyera Wade also escaped that day. She told the news station she believes the fire was set to kill her.
Wade said she had a dispute with Jasmine Lashae Lockett, who she thought was squatting in a vacant unit across the parking lot.
Locket and Melvin Griffin, 27, were charged with felony murder and arson about a week after the fire, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported.
A jury on Thursday found Lockett guilty of arson, felony murder, five counts of aggravated assault and three counts of criminal damage to property for starting the fatal fire.
While Lockett was indicted along with Griffin, prosecutors were able to prove that Lockett actually ignited the blaze, according to a press release sent by a spokesman for DeKalb County.
Griffin pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to serve five years in prison.
Lockett’s sentencing date has not yet been set.
“I know God is a good God, a just God,” Worthem said after court. “He’s a fair God.”
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