‘American Sniper’ killer gets life term

Eddie Ray Routh has begun a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole after a Texas jury found him guilty of murdering Chris Kyle, the former US Navy SEAL whose autobiography was turned into the hit movie American Sniper.

Routh, 27, a former US Marine, was found guilty of fatally shooting Kyle and Kyle’s friend, Chad Littlefield, multiple times at a gun range about 110km south-west of Fort Worth in February 2013.