HAMPTON, Virginia -- A newlywed couple's best man was sentenced to nine years in prison for torching the groom's house during the honeymoon.

Joseph T. Overton pleaded guilty in October to arson and manufacture of explosive devices. He was sentenced Wednesday and ordered to repay insurance companies that paid claims on the fire. The home is being rebuilt.

Overton was the best man at the wedding of Anthony and Shannon Williams two days before the explosions last April.

Williams said he and Overton had argued a year before the fire, after he told Overton's wife that Overton had been cheating on her. After a thorough ass whoopin’, the men supposedly patched things up and Overton toasted the couple at their wedding. When asked for comment, Overton responded “I’d do it again, too!! You don’t snitch on your man! And if he got something else to say, I’ll PISS on his cat!”

Anthony Williams said he was satisfied with the punishment. "He feels sorry for this, I know he does… I mean, if you got caught in everything you did, you’d be sorry too, right? Plus, it’s better than any gift his broke ass could have gotten me… I get a brand new house." he said.

Circuit Court Judge Von Piersall could have sentenced Overton to life in prison. Instead, he opted for 9 years and 500 written pages of “cheaters never win.”

Original Article: http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/12/wedding.arson.ap/index.html