Joran van der Sloot sentenced 28 years for Peru murder

Friday, January 13, 2012

Left photo: Joran van der Sloot sits in a car after being released from custody near Oranjestad, Aruba, Friday, Dec. 7, 2007. Right photo: In this undated photo from Peru's National Identitfication Registry, Stephany Flores is seen. (AP Photo)

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LIMA, Peru (KABC) -- Peruvian judges sentenced Joran van der Sloot Friday to 28 years in prison for the 2010 murder of a woman he met at a Lima casino.

The 24-year old Dutchman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to all charges related to the killing of Stephany Flores.

The court also ordered him to pay $75,000 in reparations to the family to the 21-year-old victim. The prosecution had sought a 30-year sentence for first-degree murder and theft.

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Van der Sloot is the prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway.

She disappeared in Aruba in 2005 and was last seen leaving a nightclub with Van der Sloot. He was arrested twice in the case, but never charged. A judge signed an order Thursday declaring Holloway legally dead.

Flores was killed exactly five years after Holloway's disappearance.

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