At the central market, residents gathered around to complain that they had been lured back with unfulfilled assurances of a better life.

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District Judge William Sylvester would want assurances from defense lawyers that Holmes is mentally competent to plead guilty and accept a life sentence with no parole, Steinhauser said.

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Former Livi director Ged Nixon, who is currently head of supporters' group 'Livi for Life', is the third member of the consortium who will give the SFL a number of assurances, chiefly the payment of a "substantial" bond and a commitment to fulfil the club's fixtures this season.

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