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Arizona man convicted in club fire

 An Arizona man has been convicted of felony murder in the death of a strip club manager in a fire.

Forty-one-year-old Vasile Graure of Phoenix was convicted Friday. He faces a minimum of 30 years in prison at sentencing on March 23.

Vladimir Djordjevic, the club manager, was burned over 90 percent of his body in the fire on Nov. 3, 2007 at the Good Guys Club.

He died on May 17, 2010.

Graure was convicted of assault and arson in 2008 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

He was indicted on the murder charge after Djordjevic died.

According to court documents, Graure, angered that he had been ejected from the club, poured gasoline over the front of the club and Djordjevic and set it on fire.

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