While the poker community in the United Kingdom, both online and across the country in various tournaments and events, is a thriving one, it is fair to say that it brings people from all walks of life. Much like any group of people, there will be folk that you get on with in the group and there will be people that you are not too fond of. Whether this is down to personal taste and preferences or just taking a dislike to someone, it is fair to say that not all of the poker community is as harmonious as you would possibly like to think.
However, you can guarantee that the UK poker community will be shocked to hear the revelations that have surfaced from America about a well-known face and name from the UK poker circuit. Marcus Bebb-Jones was a familiar player to many in the Midlands poker circuit after he scooped thousands of pounds playing poker in the region.
Bebb-Jones and his then wife Sabrina ran a hotel in Colorado before Sabrina disappeared in September of 1997. Bebb-Jones would return to the UK and he was in his home country when the skull of his wife was found in Colorado in 2004. Bebb-Jones was arrested in 2009 while he was in Kidderminster and he was extradited back to the United States in 2011.
Bebb-Jones was due to stand trial for murder, which he initially pled not guilty to but he has now since struck a deal with the US prosecution team. Bebb-Jones has now admitted to killing his wife back in 1997 and then dumping her body in the national park of Colorado. Sentencing of Bebb-Jones will take place on the 1st of May and he is expected to receive a jail sentence of around 10 to 20 years.