‘Playboy’ accused of wife’s murder fears death penalty

A BRITISH poker champion accused of killing his wife then spending her money during a “playboy” weekend in Las Vegas fears he faces the death penalty in the US, a court heard yesterday.

Marcus Bebb-Jones, 46, murdered his wife Sabrina in 1997 before dumping her body in an American national park, prosecutors claim.

But a judge’s decision to extradite him from Britain was postponed after defence counsel Ben Cooper said he was seeking assurances Bebb-Jones would not face the death penalty.