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Wood sentenced to 17 years

Source:	Lateline
Published:	Thursday, December 4, 2008 10:51 AEDT
Expires:	Wednesday, March 4, 2009 10:51 AEDT

Gordon Wood has been sentenced to 17 years' jail for the murder of his girlfriend Caroline Byrne in 1995. He will be eligible for parole in 2021.

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