Veterans group slams suspended jail term for 1988 killing of man
Former solder David Jonathan Holden, 53, who killed 23-year-old Aiden McAnespie, received a three-year-sentence at Belfast Crown Court.
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Former solder David Jonathan Holden, 53, who killed 23-year-old Aiden McAnespie, received a three-year-sentence at Belfast Crown Court.
David Holden, a former member of the Grenadier Guards, was 18 at the time of the killing in 1988.
Former soldier David Holden has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie in Tyrone 34 years ago. The 53-year-old is the first veteran to be convicted of a historical offence in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Ex-soldier David Holden, 52, denies the manslaughter of Aiden McAnespie near Aughnacloy in 1988.
A SENIOR judge has refused to halt the trial of a former soldier accused of killing Aiden McAnespie over three decades ago.