2014-03-10
Court being asked to "turn on the green light" for foreign criminals, lawyers for Justice Minister argue
Stage: Sentence
Outcome: Mr Balmer, with a last address in Cornwall, England, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1984 for attacking and killing a woman in her home on the evening of July 28 1983 in Devon, England. It was his submission that the link between the original conviction and the reasons for Mr Balmer's recall were broken, he added, having originally being sentenced 30 years ago.