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Sat 02 Feb 2010Apology rang hollow, says judge, as Lillis jailed for seven years
EAMONN LILLIS, the 52-year-old advertising director convicted last Friday of the manslaughter of his wife, Celine Cawley, has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Mr Justice Barry White said that a sentence of 10 years would be appropriate, but having considered testimonials and statements to the hearing, and taking into account Lillis’s previously unblemished character, his age and the intense media coverage which made it likely he would still be of interest to the media on his release, he was jailing him for seven years.
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