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June 22, 2009

Veronica Guerin murder suspect dies in prison

By paulmcnally

The man suspected of killing investigative journalist Veronica Guerin died in his prison cell on the Isle of Wight on Friday morning.

Patrick Holland was serving an eight-year sentence in Parkhurst prison for a kidnap plot.

The 70-year-old has always denied shooting the Sunday Independent crime reporter in June 1996 and has never been charged with her murder.

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