In September Nicholas Goss (38) was sentenced to life behind bars after he admitted killing Michelle Gibson (40) at her home.
He tied a belt around her neck and bashed her face repeatedly on the kitchen floor of her Cannon Street home in May 2004.
Opening the proceedings, Deputy Viscount Peter de Gruchy said to the members of the family present: ‘It is a great pity that you have to suffer this further ordeal but it is part of the legal process.’
