Gambler's case facing new review
A sentence of life without parole for a poker champion from Worcestershire, accused of killing his wife then spending her money during a "playboy" weekend in Las Vegas, would not breach his human rights, a judge ruled today.
A sentence of life without parole for a poker champion from Worcestershire, accused of killing his wife then spending her money during a "playboy" weekend in Las Vegas, would not breach his human rights, a judge ruled today.
Marcus Bebb-Jones, aged 46, of Merton Close, Kidderminster, murdered his wife Sabrina in 1997 before dumping her body in a national park, prosecutors claim.
The professional gambler was arrested last year in a raid at his home amid accusations that he went on to spend thousands of dollars on her credit cards before botching a suicide bid.
District Judge Howard Riddle, at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, sent the case on to the Secretary of State for a decision on whether he is to be extradited.
He said that if life without parole was imposed, it would fall short of inhuman and degrading treatment, and he was satisfied that extradition was compatible with Bebb-Jones's human rights.
