A Florida man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a woman in a bar parking lot by repeatedly shooting her in the back.

In late September , Christian Ketchup , 27, was convicted by a jury of his peers in Escambia County on a lone count of murder in the second degree with a firearm.

On Wednesday, First Judicial Circuit Judge Amy Brodersen sentenced the defendant to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Tierra Binion , 25, a mother of twins. The court also ordered Ketchup to pay $7,500 to a victim compensation trust fund.

The defendant's factual culpability for the woman's death was never once in doubt; he unsuccessfully claimed self-defense as part of a fight that ended with Binion being shot 10 times in the back.

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