Former British soldier David Jonathan Holden has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie, who was shot in the back at an Army checkpoint in Northern Ireland in 1988
File photo - Former Grenadier guardsman David Holden Image: Brian Lawless via PA Images A FORMER SOLDIER has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a man in Tyrone over 30 years ago.
David Jonathan Holden, 52, has been on trial at Belfast Crown Court accused of the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie in February 1988. McAnespie, 23, was killed in Aughnacloy, Co Tyrone, moments after walking through a border security checkpoint.AdvertisementA bid from Holden’s legal team to have halt proceedings was rejected by a judge in May, when he disregarded the defence’s claim that the case was an abuse of process due to the amount of time that had elapsed since McAnespie’s death.A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article.
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