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26/11/2008
Jailed Killer Warranted 'Severe Punishment'
A Ballymurphy killer has been handed an 11-year jail sentence.
Francisco Antonio Notarantonio, 21, of Whitecliff Parade, Belfast was jailed for the manslaughter of Gerard Devlin whose death was witnessed by both his partner and the victim's six children.
Mr Justice Stephens described how Mr Devlin was stabbed in the back as his family looked on at Whitecliff Parade in west Belfast in February 2006
As they tried to comfort him, he died, the judge said on Tuesday.
Addressed the killer, he said: "They witnessed, as they comforted him as he died, your complete inhumanity, your destruction of their partner, their father, their family."
He said the offences warranted "severe punishment" to send a clear message to others involved in violence.
Four other members of the Notorantonio family were charged with affray.
Christopher Notorantonio, 53, of Whitecliff Parade, received a one-year suspended sentence.
His 24-year-old son, William, also of Whitecliff Parade, was jailed for two years, as were Paul Burns, 24, of Dermott Hill Park, and Antony Notorantonio, 50, of no fixed abode.
Mr Justice Stephens said the stabbing was "damaging and distressing" to Mr Devlin's family.
However, he accepted that the stabbing was "spontaneous and impulsive" and was in the context of a long-standing feud, but he said the fall-out had been felt by a whole community.
He told all the defendants: "Your despicable crimes added to the conflagration with serious effects on the wider community and ongoing lawless incidents in the area."
See: Ballymurphy Murder Accused Remanded
(BMcC)
Francisco Antonio Notarantonio, 21, of Whitecliff Parade, Belfast was jailed for the manslaughter of Gerard Devlin whose death was witnessed by both his partner and the victim's six children.
Mr Justice Stephens described how Mr Devlin was stabbed in the back as his family looked on at Whitecliff Parade in west Belfast in February 2006
As they tried to comfort him, he died, the judge said on Tuesday.
Addressed the killer, he said: "They witnessed, as they comforted him as he died, your complete inhumanity, your destruction of their partner, their father, their family."
He said the offences warranted "severe punishment" to send a clear message to others involved in violence.
Four other members of the Notorantonio family were charged with affray.
Christopher Notorantonio, 53, of Whitecliff Parade, received a one-year suspended sentence.
His 24-year-old son, William, also of Whitecliff Parade, was jailed for two years, as were Paul Burns, 24, of Dermott Hill Park, and Antony Notorantonio, 50, of no fixed abode.
Mr Justice Stephens said the stabbing was "damaging and distressing" to Mr Devlin's family.
However, he accepted that the stabbing was "spontaneous and impulsive" and was in the context of a long-standing feud, but he said the fall-out had been felt by a whole community.
He told all the defendants: "Your despicable crimes added to the conflagration with serious effects on the wider community and ongoing lawless incidents in the area."
See: Ballymurphy Murder Accused Remanded
(BMcC)
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Father and son remanded in custody over Devlin murder
A father and son have been remanded in custody at Belfast Magistrates Court charged with the murder of father of six, Gerard Devlin on Friday. Christopher Notarantonio, 53, and William Notarantanio, 21, both of Whitecliff Parade are also charged with affray.
Father and son remanded in custody over Devlin murder
A father and son have been remanded in custody at Belfast Magistrates Court charged with the murder of father of six, Gerard Devlin on Friday. Christopher Notarantonio, 53, and William Notarantanio, 21, both of Whitecliff Parade are also charged with affray.
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Two cousins remanded in custody over Devlin murder
Two cousins have appeared in court today charged in connection with the murder of Ballymurphy man, Gerard Devlin. Francisco Notarantonio, aged 18, of Whitecliff Parade in Ballymurphy, and Paul Burns, aged 23, from Dermott Hill Park, Ballymurphy, both deny killing the father-of-six last Friday.
Two cousins remanded in custody over Devlin murder
Two cousins have appeared in court today charged in connection with the murder of Ballymurphy man, Gerard Devlin. Francisco Notarantonio, aged 18, of Whitecliff Parade in Ballymurphy, and Paul Burns, aged 23, from Dermott Hill Park, Ballymurphy, both deny killing the father-of-six last Friday.
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