NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Malcolm Jorden was sentenced after killing a man he assumed to be having relations with his pregnant girlfriend.
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Jorden pistol-whipped and fatally shot 29-year-old Jonathan Bassett on Nov. 14, 2020, inside the home of Jorden’s girlfriend. The girlfriend’s three children were inside the apartment during the shooting. On Dec. 8, 2020, Jorden was taken into custody and confessed he shot Bassett because he was under the impression Bassett was having relations with his then-pregnant girlfriend.
On Oct. 24, 2023, Jorden agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder and be sentenced to a maximum of 18 years in prison. On Friday, he was sentenced for the full 18 years for killing Bassett.
In addition, Jorden also had another seven years and three months added to his sentence for violating his probation for a 2014 shooting incident, revoking the suspended sentence in that case.