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Body-in-suitcase killer loses bid to reduce sentence for double murder

ABC Australia · Jun 5, 2026, 6:40 AM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal dismisses a bid by Daniel Holdom to have his sentence reduced after he pleaded guilty in 2018 to murdering his girlfriend and her two-year-old daughter before dumping the child's body in a suitcase on the side of a remote highway.

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