Woman Who Killed Stepfather-Turned-Husband Won’t Serve More Jail Time KEY POINTS A Frenchwoman was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for the fatal shooting of her husband in 2016 Three of those years were suspended, and she had already spent a year in prison She said she endured years of abuse from her husband, who started raping her when she was only 12 A woman in France who killed her stepfather-turned-husband after decades of abuse received a sentence Friday that, with time served, set her free. Valerie Bacot, now 40 years old, was sentenced to four years in prison for the fatal shooting of Daniel Polette. Three of those years were suspended. The mother of four had already served one year in prison, and thus, was free from imprisonment as of Friday evening, CNN reported.