Pfc. Andrew Holmes on Friday received a 7-year prison sentence for the January 2010 murder of a teenage villager in southern Afghanistan.

By Hal Bernton

Seattle Times staff reporter

Pfc. Andrew Holmes on Friday received a 7-year sentence for the 2010 murder of a teenage villager in southern Afghanistan.

“The remorse and regret I feel is the most overwhelming emotion that I have ever endured,” Holmes said Friday in tearful remarks before the sentencing. “This feeling has never subsided in the 21 months since it occurred.”

Holmes was 19 at the time of the killing, and is the youngest of five Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers accused of taking part in the murder of three Afghans while on 2010 patrols with their platoon from the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. [Read more...]