Royal biographer's killers sentenced

LONDON (P-London subway guard James O'Brien was sentenced to 17 years in jail Thursday for the slaying of royal biographer James Pope-Hennessy. Two accomplices were jailed for 15 years each.

Pope-Hennessy, 57, died after the three men attacked and robbed him in his London apartment.

Prosecutor John Mathew said O'Brien previously had stayed at the apartment with Pope-Hennessy and there undoubtedly had been a homosexual relationship.

Pope-Hennessy

was

known for his biography of Queen Elizabeth II's grandmother, Queen Mary. The monarch made him a Companion of the Victorian Order for the work.