Wife-burner Christopher Hanney sentenced to prison for life

TAMPA - A judge sentenced Christopher Hanney to life in prison on Friday.

Hanney was convicted of attempted murder, aggravated battery and arson in January.

A jury found Hanney purposefully struck his estranged wife, Audrey Mabrey, with a hammer and then set her on fire, attempting to kill her.  This happened in 2009 at the house the couple shared in Apollo Beach.

More:  Watch as the murderer addresses his victim at the sentencing hearing.  Choose 'Raw Video' in the player above.

Hanney and Mabrey were going to divorce.

Eighty percent of Mabrey's body was burned during the attack, although she was able to survive.

On the witness stand, Hanney told the jury he accidentally hit his wife with a hammer and accidentally set her on fire, after Mabrey and an unknown masked man attacked him.