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Three men have been jailed after they admitted shooting and killing a former Miss Venezuela and her British ex-husband in central Venezuela on January 6 during a roadside robbery at night.
The couple – 2004 Miss Venezuela and actress, Monica Spear (29) and her travel firm boss husband, Thomas Berry (39) – were gunned down after their car broke down on a motorway, while they were traveling from Puerto Cabello towards Valencia. The pair’s five year old daughter was shot in the leg, but she survived.
However, the killers – Jean Carlos Colina (19), Jose Ferreira Herrera (18) and Nelfrend Jimenez Alvarez (21) – all pleaded guilty and have been jailed with Colina bagging 26 years, Herrera and Alvarez both bagged a 24-year jail term.
