Court Rules Poker Player Can Be Extradited To U.SFormer Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Finalist Marcus Bebb-Jones Faces Extradition To U.S. For Murder of Wife |
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Marcus Bebb-Jones, a former Grosvenor UK Poker Tour main event finalist, lost his long-running battle on Monday to avoid extradition to the U.S. to face a charge of murdering his wife, according to The Guardian.
Bebb-Jones is alleged to have killed his wife in Las Vegas in 1997 before going on a spending spree with her credit cards then attempting to kill himself.
The Kidderminster, Worcestershire resident was, at the time, a hotelier in Colorado. Only part of his wife’s remains have ever been found but Aaron Watkins for the U.S. government said, “The case against him is very strong. This offence is so serious he faces life imprisonment without the possibility of parole."
Bebb-Jones lawyers argued against the extradition saying he could face the death penalty in the U.S. despite state prosecutors in Colorado saying they would not seek it.
The case now goes to the British Home Secretary who will have the final say in the matter.
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