Samatha Jones jailed for killing husband

British woman Samantha Jones, left, leaves Alor Setar's courthouse, Kedah state, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Jones, accused of stabbing her husband to death at their Malaysian resort home avoided the gallows and was sentenced to 42 months in jail on Monday after she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. (AP Photo/Eric Tan)

British woman Samantha Jones arrives at Alor Setar's courthouse, Kedah state, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Jones, accused of stabbing her husband to death at their Malaysian resort home avoided the gallows and was sentenced to 42 months in jail on Monday after she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. (AP Photo/Eric Tan)

British woman Samantha Jones, left, is escorted by police as she arrive at Alor Setar's courthouse, Kedah state, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Jones, 51, accused of stabbing her husband to death at their Malaysian resort home entered court for the start of a murder trial that could end with her sentenced to be hanged. (AP Photo/Eric Tan)

British woman Samantha Jones, center, is escorted by police as she arrives at Langkawi Magistrate court in Langkawi, Malaysia, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Jones is expected to be charged for allegedly stabbing her husband, John William Jones, 62, to death on Oct. 18. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun)

Sangeet Kaur Deo, lawyer for British woman Samantha Jones, speaks to the media after a court hearing at Langkawi Magistrate court in Langkawi, Malaysia, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Jones is expected to be charged for allegedly stabbing her husband, John William Jones, 62, to death on Oct. 18. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun)

In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, image from video, handcuffed British woman Samantha Jones, right, is escorted to a van at Alor Setar High Court in Kedah, Malaysia. Malaysian police said Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, that the British woman was detained on the resort island of Langkawi for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. Langkawi police chief Supt. Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim said investigators found a 12 inch-long kitchen knife stained with blood in the couple's home where John William Jones, 62, was found dead Thursday. (StarTV via AP)

In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, image from video, handcuffed British woman Samantha Jones, left, gets on a van as she leaves Alor Setar High Court in Kedah, Malaysia. Malaysian police said Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, that the British woman was detained on the resort island of Langkawi for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. Langkawi police chief Supt. Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim said investigators found a 12 inch-long kitchen knife stained with blood in the couple's home where John William Jones, 62, was found dead Thursday. (StarTV via AP)

In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, image from video, handcuffed British woman Samantha Jones, right, is escorted to a van at Alor Setar High Court in Kedah, Malaysia. Malaysian police said Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, that the British woman was detained on the resort island of Langkawi for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. Langkawi police chief Supt. Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim said investigators found a 12 inch-long kitchen knife stained with blood in the couple's home where John William Jones, 62, was found dead Thursday. (StarTV via AP)

British national Samantha Jones, accused of killing her husband in 2018, is escorted by a police officer in a van after appearing in court in Alor Setar, in northern Malaysia, on August 3, 2020. - A British woman was jailed for three and a half years on August 3, after tearfully admitting she stabbed her husband to death during a fight on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi. (Photo by A. Ammarudin / AFP) (Photo by A. AMMARUDIN/AFP via Getty Images)

British national Samantha Jones, accused of killing her husband in 2018, is escorted by a police officer in a van after appearing in court in Alor Setar, in northern Malaysia, on August 3, 2020. - A British woman was jailed for three and a half years on August 3, after tearfully admitting she stabbed her husband to death during a fight on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi. (Photo by A. Ammarudin / AFP) (Photo by A. AMMARUDIN/AFP via Getty Images)

British national Samantha Jones, accused of killing her husband in 2018, is escorted by a police officer to a van after appearing in court in Alor Setar, in northern Malaysia, on August 3, 2020. - A British woman was jailed for three and a half years on August 3, after tearfully admitting she stabbed her husband to death during a fight on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi. (Photo by A. Ammarudin / AFP) (Photo by A. AMMARUDIN/AFP via Getty Images)

A group of people believed to be relatives of the accused British national Samantha Jones, leaves the courtroom after the court took a break where Jones faces trial in Alor Setar, northern Malaysia, on August 3, 2020. - Jones was arrested two years ago after her husband John William Jones was found with a stab wound to his chest in his house on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi. (Photo by A. Ammarudin / AFP) (Photo by A. AMMARUDIN/AFP via Getty Images)

British national Samantha Jones, accused of killing her husband in 2018, is escorted by a police officer as she arrives at a court in Alor Setar, in northern Malaysia, on August 3, 2020. - Jones was arrested two years ago after her husband John William Jones was found with a stab wound to his chest in his house on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi. (Photo by A. Ammarudin / AFP) (Photo by A. AMMARUDIN/AFP via Getty Images)

British national Samantha Jones (R), accused of killing her husband in 2018, is escorted by a police officer as she arrives at a court in Alor Setar, in northern Malaysia, on August 3, 2020. - Jones was arrested two years ago after her husband John William Jones was found with a stab wound to his chest in his house on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi. (Photo by A. Ammarudin / AFP) (Photo by A. AMMARUDIN/AFP via Getty Images)