Crime scene investigator, 42, is sentenced to 16 years in prison for beating camgirl wife to death with a bottle - after phone s health app proved he d taken 18 steps when he said he was fast asleep
William Jeffrey West, 47, was sentenced on Monday over the 2018 death of his 42-year-old wife Kathleen Dawn West
West will get credit for the three years he has spent in jail since his arrest
In November, Jeff West was convicted of reckless manslaughter
The former Birmingham-Southern College campus police officer was facing a maximum of 20 years in prison
Kathleen was found dead on the street outside the couple s home in 2018
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