Briton jailed for ex-marine's murder in Thailand

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A Thai court has sentenced a British kickboxer to 25 years in jail for the murder of a former US marine on a resort island.

Lee Aldhouse was convicted on Thursday of fatally stabbing Dashawn Longfellow during a brawl at a bar in Phuket in 2010.

The Phuket provincial court reduced Aldhouse's sentence from life because he pleaded guilty.

Aldhouse, a semi-professional kickboxer who fought under the nickname Pitbull, had been staying on and off in Phuket, where 23-year-old Longfellow was also studying the sport.

Aldhouse was extradited to Thailand last year in the first case of extradition of a criminal suspect from Britain to Thailand. He was arrested at London's Heathrow airport after fleeing Thailand.

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