US man sentenced to life in prison for killing girlfriend over $53
Brian Clay pleaded guilty on May 9 to shooting his girlfriend because she would not give him $53. Supplied/St. Louis Post Dispatch
A man in Louisiana has pleaded guilty to shooting his girlfriend dead in front of her daughter because she would not give him $US36 ($53).
Brian Clay, 47, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, armed criminal action, first-degree robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm.
The shooting happened in the small town of Jennings on June 13, 2018.
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Lareal Goode was killed June 13, 2018. Supplied/St. Louis Post Dispatch
Authorities say Clay, Lareal Goode and Goode's 14-year-old daughter were sitting in a car when Clay shot Goode.
Speaking to the St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper after the killing, Goode's mother, Joann Goode, said: "My daughter didn't deserve this ... She didn't deserve to go out like this."
Police say he shot her because she refused to drive him to a pawnshop and give him the money to get his TV back.
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Clay also took Goode's mobile phone, bank card and car before he drove to a casino, where he was arrested.
Clay was sentenced to a life term plus 10 years.
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