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15/01/2009
Mob Victim's Injuries Bad As Road Accident
The official Inquiry into the violent death of Catholic man, Robert Hamill in Co Armagh, following a beating by a crowd of loyalists over a decade ago, has made public the shocking extent of the man's injuries.
Mr Hamill died as a result of widespread brain injuries caused by the punching, kicking and stamping he suffered, the Inquiry into his death has been told.
They were so bad that the post mortem report revealed Mr Hamill had sustained brain injuries similar to those caused by a car crash.
Robert Hamill died 11 days after being attacked by a loyalist mob in Portadown in April 1997.
Public hearings in the inquiry into his murder began on Monday.
The Inquiry was established more than four years ago and to date has cost almost £19m.
Since then, lawyers have interviewed more than 230 possible witnesses and gathered over 20,000 documents.
The inquiry team has said it hoped to present its final report to the secretary of state by June next year.
The inquiry will now examine allegations that four RUC police officers watched as the 25-year-old was attacked and failed to intervene.
See: Public Phase Of Hamill Murder Inquiry Underway
Mr Hamill died as a result of widespread brain injuries caused by the punching, kicking and stamping he suffered, the Inquiry into his death has been told.
They were so bad that the post mortem report revealed Mr Hamill had sustained brain injuries similar to those caused by a car crash.
Robert Hamill died 11 days after being attacked by a loyalist mob in Portadown in April 1997.
Public hearings in the inquiry into his murder began on Monday.
The Inquiry was established more than four years ago and to date has cost almost £19m.
Since then, lawyers have interviewed more than 230 possible witnesses and gathered over 20,000 documents.
The inquiry team has said it hoped to present its final report to the secretary of state by June next year.
The inquiry will now examine allegations that four RUC police officers watched as the 25-year-old was attacked and failed to intervene.
See: Public Phase Of Hamill Murder Inquiry Underway
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The Robert Hamill Inquiry has ruled that witnesses who are serving or retired police officers may give their evidence from behind a screen. However, they will not be granted full anonymity. This ruling has been made in response to applications for such screening on behalf of a number of former or still serving police officers due to give evidence.
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The Robert Hamill Inquiry is inviting members of the public to submit their views on any issues they believe the Inquiry should cover in its recommendations. The Inquiry intends to deliver its report, together with a series of recommendations, to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by the end of the year.
Hamill Probe Seeks Public's Views
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