British woman avoids death penalty as she is jailed for husband’s death

Malaysia UK Murder

A British woman accused of stabbing her husband to death at their Malaysian resort home avoided the death penalty and was sentenced to 42 months in jail on Monday after she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo said prosecutors reduced the murder charge against Samantha Jones, 51, to culpable homicide, which is murder without intent, after the defence appealed to the attorney-general’s office.