Former soldier given suspended sentence for Troubles killing

David Holden, 53, convicted 0f manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie, 23, who was killed at checkpoint in 1988

A former soldier has been given a suspended sentence for killing a man at an army checkpoint in Northern Ireland more than 30 years ago.

David Jonathan Holden, 53, was sentenced to three years at Belfast crown court, but the judge, Mr Justice O’Hara, suspended the term for three years.