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| Colorado court jails British poker player for murdering wife 16 years ago | Colorado court jails British poker player for murdering wife 16 years ago |
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| A British poker champion has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the murder of his wife in America 16 years ago. | A British poker champion has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the murder of his wife in America 16 years ago. |
| Marcus Bebb-Jones had denied killing his wife, Sabrina, in 1997 before dumping her body in a Colorado national park, but pleaded guilty earlier this year. | Marcus Bebb-Jones had denied killing his wife, Sabrina, in 1997 before dumping her body in a Colorado national park, but pleaded guilty earlier this year. |
| He was sentenced to 20 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections on Wednesday, the Colorado judicial department said. | He was sentenced to 20 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections on Wednesday, the Colorado judicial department said. |
| The couple owned the Melrose hotel in Grand Junction, Colorado, when Sabrina Bebb-Jones disappeared. Her skull was found in 2004 in a national park near Douglas Pass in the north-west of the state. | |
| Professional gambler Marcus Bebb-Jones was arrested in 2009 in a raid at his home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, amid accusations he went on to spend thousands of dollars on his wife's credit cards before botching a suicide attempt. | |
| The 49-year-old lost his appeal against extradition to the US in 2011 and was due to stand trial, but pleaded guilty at a hearing in the 9th judicial district court in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in February. | The 49-year-old lost his appeal against extradition to the US in 2011 and was due to stand trial, but pleaded guilty at a hearing in the 9th judicial district court in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in February. |
| The district attorney Sherry Caloia said Bebb-Jones had made a plea bargain, admitting murder in the second degree, blaming it on "heat of passion", in exchange for a sentence of no more than 20 years. | |
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