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Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Spencer: R v Andrew Griggs

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JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date30 October 2019
Subject MatterSentencing Remarks
CourtCrown Court
1
The Queen
-v-
Andrew Griggs
Sentencing Remarks of Mr Justice Spencer
Canterbury Crown Court
30th October 2019
NOTE: Some redactions have been made to this published version because there is an order in fo rce under
s46 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
1. You may remain seated for the time being. Andrew Griggs, I have to sentence you for
the murder of your wife Debbie Griggs 20 years ago in May 1999. Her body has never
been found. Only you know how you killed her and where you disposed of her body.
The jury convicted you on the most compelling circumstantial evidence. You told lie
after lie in the witness box, just as you did at the time of Debbie’s disappearance, to her
family, her friends and to the police, and just as you have for the past 20 years. For
murder there is only one sentence: life imprisonment. That is the sentence I shall pass
in due course, but I am required first to determine the minimum period you must serve
in prison before you are eligible even to be considered for parole.
2. Debbie Griggs was 34 years old when she died. She was the adored and adoring mother
of three little boys, then aged 6 years, 4 years, and 18 months. They were her pride and
joy. They were her life. She would never have left them of her own free will. She was

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