<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=115YWw_0ux3SY3O00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=115YWw_0ux3SY3O00" width="1761" height="1177" ><figcaption>Brian Matthew Smith, 31, appears in Jackson County Circuit Court in this December 2023 file photo. Smith pleaded no contest Monday to charges that include first-degree manslaughter and first-degree robbery for the homicide of Sis-Q Motel manager Bansi Sahu, who suffered a heart attack during the robbery. Jamie Lusch / Rogue Valley Times</figcaption></figure><p>A Central Point man will serve two decades behind bars after pleading no contest to a manslaughter charge among other crimes in connection with a robbery at the Sis-Q Motel in Medford that culminated in the manager dying of cardiac arrest.</p><p>Brian Matthew Smith, 31, was sentenced Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court to 20 years with credit for time served for his role in the homicide of 60-year-old Bansi Sahu at the front desk of the motel on Riverside Avenue and an attack on Sahu's wife as she rushed to her husband's aid during the robbery the afternoon of Dec. 31, 2021.</p></div></body>

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Man sentenced to 20 years for Medford motel heart-attack homicide

A Central Point man will serve two decades behind bars after pleading no contest to a manslaughter charge among other crimes in connection with a robbery at the Sis-Q Motel in Medford that culminated in the manager dying of cardiac arrest. Brian Matthew Smith, 31, was sentenced Monday in Jackson...