Venezuela beauty queen killers jailed

A court in Venezuela has sentenced three men
to lengthy jail sentences for the killing of
Venezuelan beauty queen Monica Spear in
January. The three had pleaded guilty. Ms
Spear, 29, and her British partner, Thomas
Berry, were shot dead in January in front of
their five-year-old daughter during a roadside
robbery. UN figures suggest that Venezuela
has the second-highest peacetime murder
rate in the world, but the brutality of the
crime shocked the country. Deadly journey
Prosecutors said the three men were part of a
larger gang which targeted motorists along a
highway leading from Valencia to Puerto
Cabello.

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