LANCASTER — The somber mood of a courtroom sentencing trial was broken as convicted double-homicide defendant Craig Keville responded to a man’s comment as Keville was being led from the courtroom after being sentenced to two, consecutive life sentences on April 5.
Keville, 35, of Berlin, was sentenced April 5 by Judge Peter H. Bornstein for his first-degree murders of Holly Banks and Keith Labelle on April 27, 2022. He was also sentenced on three class B felony counts of falsifying physical evidence and one misdemeanor simple assault. Keville was found guilty after a near-three week trial on Feb. 28, 2024.
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