Christina Asp was sentenced to life in prison Friday with no chance of parole for 15 years for the murder of Gordon Seybold in Whitehorse in 2008.

Asp, 34, was found guilty of second-degree murder in June. The conviction carries an automatic life sentence with eligibility for parole after serving between 10 and 25 years.

This photo of Norman Larue and Christina Asp was among photos police seized from Asp's camera shortly after her arrest in 2008. Most show her partying at her mother's home in Whitehorse. (exhibit of the Yukon Supreme Court )

Most of the jurors who convicted her recommended she serve at least 16 years before becoming eligible for parole.

They heard during the trial how Asp told undercover police officers how she and her boyfriend beat Seybold to death in his Ibex Valley home with a baseball bat, then set fire to his house, all apparently because he had somehow insulted her mother.

Crown prosecutors had asked that she serve 16 years before chance of parole, while Asp’s defence lawyers had asked for 12.

Justice Leigh Gower ruled that while Asp deserves no leniency, at age 34 she's not a lost cause, and he did not want to crush all hopes of rehabilitation.

With credit for three years already served while waiting for trial, that means she can apply for release in 2024.

Asp has already been subpoenaed to testify when her boyfriend goes on trial. He's also accused in the death of Seybold.