Published Wednesday, 06 May 2009
Patrick Crossan, 18, and a 17-year-old girl, who cannot be named due to her age, pleaded guilty to the charge of affray.
Crossan also pleaded guilty to possessing a knife at or about Norfolk Drive in west Belfast in September 2007.
Prosecution QC Ciaran Murphy told the court that the Crown were accepting pleas were "in satisfaction of the indictment" and added that having reviewed the evidence, it would have been "insufficient" to proceed with the murder charge.
On Tuesday, Stephen McKee, 18, pleaded guilty to Mr Holland's murder.
McKee, from Ballymurphy Road, also pleaded guilty to affray and possessing a knife in the Springhill area of Belfast.
The 17-year-old girl was released on bail and Patrick Crossan was remanded back into custody.
Mr Justice Weir adjourned passing sentence until the end of June when pre-sentence probations reports and other medical, psychological and victim impact reports have been compiled.
'Anger and disgust'
Speaking outside the courthouse, Mr Holland's daughter, Sarah, said the family welcomed the fact that Stephen McKee had pleaded guilty to her father's murder but said it was motivated by "self-service rather than remorse".
Expressing her deepest gratitude to the west Belfast community who showed their "anger and disgust" at the murder, Miss Holland continued:
"We deeply miss our Daddy - he was a good Daddy and a good grandad and a good neighbour.
"The PPS should remember that they have a moral and civic responsibility to the victims of crime and to do their absolute utmost to ensure justice is done", she said.
"The parents of the defendants should examine their own conscious and ask themselves how it came to pass that their children were involved in the brutal murder of a 65-year-old grandfather," she added.
Harry Holland, who was a father-of-four, was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver as he tried to stop the theft of his delivery van near his home in Norfolk Drive.