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- We are in court today for the sentencing of murderer Christopher Taylor, aged 40, of Greenroyd Avenue, Breightmet and his brother, 30-year-old Brian Ottley, who helped him dispose of Maggie Smythe's body.
- The pair will be sentenced by The Honorary Recorder of Bolton, Judge Martin Walsh after hearing submissions from the prosecution and defence barristers.
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