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Marcus Bebb-Jones UK Poker Pro faces Murder Charge

21.11.09

Chip Leatherby

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Poker player Marcus Bebb-Jones, 46 faces extradition to the US to face the charge of murder.  Bebb-Jones is accused of killing his wife, Sabrina Bebb-Jones, 31 in 1997 and then dumping her body in a national park.

Employees of the hotel they ran in Colorado informed the authorities that she was missing along with their 3 year old son.  Bebb-Jones told the police that she had left with their son following a marital argument.  The child was later found alone in a Las Vegas Hotel room.

Mr Bebb-Jones is accused of living a 'Playboy lifestyle' in Las Vegas before a botched suicide attempt where he placed a gun in his mouth and fired but did no life threatening damage.

By the time Sabrina Bebb-Jones' skull was found Marcus had moved back to the UK, where he was living with his son and his mother in Kidderminster,

A Home Secretary will make a final decision as to whether he is extradited and he is remanded in custody till the 26th November.  The US believe that they have a strong case against him.

Bebb-Jones has made a good career out of his poker skills.  In 2007 he won the Grosvenor Grand Prix in Walsall that gave him £90 000.  His other poker wins have not been close to that amount but he does regularly place at the table.

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