A 27-year-old Kaneohe man who set his girlfriend on fire was sentenced in state court Wednesday to 20 years in prison for attempted manslaughter.

Bobby Young-Townsend had been charged with attempted murder for throwing gasoline on his then-24-year-old girlfriend and igniting the liquid with a lighter in January of last year.

He pleaded guilty instead to attempted manslaughter this past June. Young-Townsend also pleaded guilty to arson, terroristic threatening, unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and resisting arrest.

Circuit Judge Glenn Kim sentenced Young-Townsend to prison and jail terms of 10 years, one year, 30 days and 30 days, respectively, for the other charges and ordered them served at the same time as the 20-year term.

Honolulu police said Young-Townsend and the victim were sitting in a parked minivan in Kahaluu Jan. 18, 2016, when Young-Townsend threw a cup of gasoline on the woman during an argument. He then tried to ignite the gasoline with a lighter, but the woman pushed his hand away. Young-Townsend succeeded in his second attempt to ignite the gasoline.

The girlfriend got out of the vehicle, rolled on the ground to put out the flames and was assisted by passersby until an ambulance arrived. She was taken to Straub Clinic &Hospital in serious condition and treated there for burns over 30 percent of her body.

When police found Young-Townsend in Kailua three days later, he was hiding in the back seat of a stolen car and refused to exit. When police broke into the car to apprehend him, Young-Townsend kicked one of the officers multiple times.

The state says Young-Townsend had allegedly threatened to set the same woman on fire in 2015 while holding a cup of gasoline. And according to state court records he had previously abused another girlfriend.

In 2008, the other girlfriend was granted a restraining order to prevent Young-­Townsend from further abusing her. The order was in effect until the girlfriend turned 18 the following year. The woman was granted another restraining order in 2011.

In 2012, Young-Townsend pleaded guilty to violating the second restraining order. Circuit Judge Faauuga Tootoo sentenced Young-Townsend to two years of probation. Tootoo revoked Young-Townsend’s probation in 2014 for violating the terms of his release and re-sentenced him to 181 days in jail.