Teenage sniper Malvo sentenced to life in prison

TEENAGE sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced to life in prison without parole yesterday for an October 2002 killing spree in the Washington DC area that left 10 people dead.

Malvo, aged 19, was sentenced a day after sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad was given the death penalty. Malvo was silent at the brief hearing.

Malvo was convicted in December of the slaying of FBI analyst Linda Franklin, aged 47, outside a Home Depot store in Falls Church, Virginia. His defence team argued that Malvo had been moulded into a killer by the charismatic Muhammad.