Chef sentenced in boiled wife`s body case in US

Los Angeles: A chef who told police he cooked his wife`s body in boiling water has been sentenced in Los Angeles to 15 years to life in prison for second-degree murder. David Viens gave a rambling, 45-minute speech during Friday`s sentencing, saying the story he told police about cooking the body was a lie. He said he was disoriented at the time after having surgery for injuries he suffered when he jumped off a cliff. The 49-year-old Viens was convicted in September of killing of 39-year-old Dawn Viens in 2009. Her body was never found.

In a recorded interrogation presented at trial, Viens said he cooked her body for four days to get rid of evidence. Authorities said he leaped off a cliff after learning he was a suspect in her disappearance. PTI