Updated: August 30, 2012, 5:05 PM ET
Associated Press
AP Photo/Steve HelberFormer Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely, pictured here in February, was sentenced to 23 years Thursday in the beating death of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- A former University of Virginia lacrosse player has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for the alcohol-fueled beating death of his ex-girlfriend.
George W. Huguely V was sentenced Thursday in Charlottesville for the slaying of Yeardley Love, a 22-year-old suburban Baltimore woman who was found face down in her blood-soaked pillow on May 3, 2010.
Authorities said the 24-year-old defendant left his on-again, off-again girlfriend to die after he kicked a hole in her bedroom door and physically confronted her about their sputtering two-year relationship.
Police said he had been drinking heavily that day.
Circuit Judge Edward Hogshire heeded the sentencing recommendation of jurors. The jury found the Chevy Chase, Md., manm guilty in February of second-degree murder and grand larceny. The defense sought a 14-year sentence.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press
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