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12/01/2009
Teenager Cleared In Ballymena Murder Trial
A youth has been cleared of a murder charge as a court case into the death of a Ballymena schoolboy continues this week.
The 17-year-old - who cannot be named as he is still a juvenile - was formally found "not guilty" after he pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage.
He is one of the five people on trial over the death of Michael McIlveen, 15, who died after being attacked in the Co Antrim town in May 2006.
The trial of the four other men accused of the murder is continuing. A fifth defendant faces charges of affray and criminal damage.
Earlier in the trial, 20-year-old Mervyn Wilson Moon, of Douglas Terrace in Ballymena, pleaded guilty to murder.
(BMcC/JM)
The 17-year-old - who cannot be named as he is still a juvenile - was formally found "not guilty" after he pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage.
He is one of the five people on trial over the death of Michael McIlveen, 15, who died after being attacked in the Co Antrim town in May 2006.
The trial of the four other men accused of the murder is continuing. A fifth defendant faces charges of affray and criminal damage.
Earlier in the trial, 20-year-old Mervyn Wilson Moon, of Douglas Terrace in Ballymena, pleaded guilty to murder.
(BMcC/JM)
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