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Debra Holmes handed life prison sentence for murdering Wayne Chappell with family gun
A “drunk, angry and selfish” West Australian woman who shot dead her partner after 35 years of a seemingly “normal and loving” life together has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a 14-and-a-half year minimum term.
Key points:
- Debra Holmes fatally shot Wayne Chappell in the stomach after a row
- The court heard her blood alcohol reading at the time was .204 per cent
- But the Chief Justice described the shooting as “quite deliberate”
Debra Jane Alicia Holmes was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of murdering mine worker and union official Wayne Chappell at their property in Muja, south of Perth, on July 15, 2018.
The two had been drinking in a shed when they had an argument, whereby Mr Chappell grabbed Holmes and pulled her hair before…
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