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2 reports, 28 Jan 2023 to 2 Feb 2023

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• Former soldier given suspended sentence for 1988 Northern Ireland manslaughter Murder

  Aidan McAnespie, 23, was shot in the back in February 1988 in Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, moments after walking through a border security checkpoint while on his way to a local GAA club. David Jonathan Holden, 53, a former British Grenadier Guardsman, was convicted of his manslaughter in November 2022. On 2 February 2023, Belfast Crown Court handed Holden a suspended sentence of three years, having heard that a custodial sentence would be unjust and unfair. He was the first veteran found guilty of a historical offence in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement.

  Sentenced, 28 Jan 2023Victim · 2 reports

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1. 2 Feb2023
   Sentencedextra.ie, in Former soldier given suspended sentence for 1988 Northern Ireland manslaughter

   Former Soldier Guilty Of Killing Aidan McAnespie Gets Suspended Sentence

   victim, Aidan McAnespie, irish (judged from name)Aidan McAnespieIE
2. 28 Jan2023
   Sentencedextra.ie, in Former soldier given suspended sentence for 1988 Northern Ireland manslaughter

   'Unjust' To Jail Former British Soldier Found Guilty Of Aidan McAnespie Killing, Court Hears

   victim, Aidan McAnespie, irish (judged from name)Aidan McAnespieIE

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