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2001/169

ROYAL COURT

(Samedi Division)

2^nd August, 2001

Before:

Sir Philip Bailhache, Bailiff and Jurats Le Ruez, Rumfitt, Quérée, Bullen, Le Breton and Allo.

The Attorney General

-v-

Denis Peter Holley

Sentencing by the Superior Number of the Royal Court, to which the accused was remanded on 21^st June, 2001, at the criminal assize, following his conviction on:

1 count of:

Murder.

Conclusions:

Count 1:

Life imprisonment

Sentence and Observations of Court:

Count 1:

Life Imprisonment

C.E. Whelan, Crown Advocate.

Advocate R. Juste for the accused.

JUDGMENT

THE BAILIFF:

1. Holley, you were convicted by the jury of murder, the jury rejecting, unanimously, your plea of provocation. You are a violent man and you continue, even today, to deny responsibility for your aggressive actions. The reality is that you committed a vile crime, snuffing out the life of a woman, who did not deserve the treatment which you meted out to her. The law prescribes only one punishment for murder. You are sentenced to imprisonment for life.

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