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09/01/2003
Lurgan man guilty of blast bomb killing
A man has been found guilty of manslaughter after a bomb attack in Portadown, Co Armagh, three years ago.
Philip Joseph Blaney, 37, of Shimna Walk in Lurgan, was convicted for his role in the killing of Elizabeth O'Neill on June 5 1999. He was found to have been a member of the four-man loyalist gang which carried out the bomb attack.
Mrs O'Neill, 59, died after she attempted to remove a blast bomb which had been thrown through the living room window of her Corcrain Drive home. Her husband was uninjured in the attack.
Blaney is expected to be sentenced next month.
(GMcG)
Philip Joseph Blaney, 37, of Shimna Walk in Lurgan, was convicted for his role in the killing of Elizabeth O'Neill on June 5 1999. He was found to have been a member of the four-man loyalist gang which carried out the bomb attack.
Mrs O'Neill, 59, died after she attempted to remove a blast bomb which had been thrown through the living room window of her Corcrain Drive home. Her husband was uninjured in the attack.
Blaney is expected to be sentenced next month.
(GMcG)
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