Woman Gets 50 Years for Murdering Olympic Medalist Husband Who She Accused of Beating Her

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'The widow of a 1984 Olympic medalist was sentenced Tuesday to at least 50 years in prison for his 2009 murder, PEOPLE has confirmed.

The sentence came nearly five months after Jane Laut, 59, was found guilty in March of the first-degree premeditated murder of her husband, Dave Laut, who was found shot to death in the yard of their Oxnard, California, home on Aug. 27, 2009.

Dave Laut, a 52-year-old athletic director at Hueneme High School in Oxnard and a bronze medalist in shot put, was shot five times with a .22 caliber handgun, authorities have said. The last bullet was fired into the back of his head.

"The People are pleased the jury was able to see through the defendant's uncorroborated claims of domestic violence and find her guilty of premeditated murder," Ventura County Senior Deputy District Attorney Rameen Minoui tells PEOPLE in an email.'