sentences:  During the investigation into the murder of Lawes, detectives informed Fotheringham of Denton's immigration status, however, he took no action.Barker's superiors were then contacted and Denton was taken off the list of registers informers, but Barker continued to meet with him.However, because of the protests of senior officials, Denton would later be retried and convicted of Lawes' murder for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 1996.