UK poker player admits murder
A professional poker player originally from Kidderminster has pleaded guilty to murdering his American wife.
Marcus Bebb-Jones, aged 49, who was due to go on trial in April, has now struck a deal with prosecutors in the US.
He has admitted murdering his wife Sabrina in 1997, and dumping her body in the Colarado National park.
His guilty plea to second degree murder means he is expected to serve between 10 and 20 years. He will be sentenced by a court on May 1.
Bebb-Jones is well-known on the Midlands gambling circuit for winning thousands of pounds in poker tournaments in the region.
He ran a hotel in Grand Junction, Colorado, with his wife before her disappearance in September 1997. Her skull was found in 2004 by which time Bebb-Jones had returned to the UK.
Bebb-Jones was arrested in Kidderminster in 2009. He was extradited to the US in 2011 and last year he pleaded not guilty to murder.
Bebb-Jones and his wife were running a small hotel based in Grand Junction, Colorado, when she disappeared in 1997.
After she went missing, prosecutors claim Bebb-Jones went to Las Vegas where he blew thousands of dollars on gambling.
