Man sentenced for 2022 Catalina Motel murder in Lexington, KY

A man was sentenced Thursday morning in connection with a murder at a Lexington motel in 2022.

Danny Sims was sentenced to 20 years for murder and five years for evidence tampering, which was the recommended sentence.

In March, Sims pleaded guilty to murder and tampering with evidence in the death of Bill Ashby.

Sims was one of two people accused of attacking and killing Ashby at the Catalina Motel in April 2022.

Alysha Noel, the other person arrested in the incident, pleaded guilty to facilitation of murder last year.

Sims’ sentence will run concurrently with no possibility of parole.