- Trevor Hamilton
Trevor Hamilton (born 1982), is a Northern Irish
murderer .He abducted and murdered 65-year-old Attracta Harron, a recently-retired librarian, when she was returning from Mass in Murlog,
Lifford ,County Donegal on11 December 2003 . Four months earlier he had been released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent rape and other offences, including threats to kill.Attracta Harron's body was found on
5 April 2004 , four months after she was last seen alive, hidden in a river bank less than 50 yards from Hamilton's home.Hamilton was found guilty of her murder on
12 April 2006 . The trial judge, when sentencing him on4 August 2006 , recommended that he should never be released from prison (the first time this had happened inNorthern Ireland , though such sentences have been imposed on as many as 50 inmates inEngland and Wales ) but on27 June 2008 theCourt of Appeal instead ruled that he would have to serve 35 years beforeparole could be considered, meaning that he could be released in 2040, by which time he will be 58 years old.External links
* [http://www.pbni.org.uk/multi-agency-serious-case-review-trevor-hamilton.pdf Review of how he was supervised by the statutory agencies]
* [http://www.nio.gov.uk/media-detail.htm?newsID=13436 Northern Ireland Office statement]
* [http://www.niprisonservice.gov.uk/module.cfm/opt/1/area/News/page/news/caid/1/nid/318 Statement by Northern Ireland Prison Service]
* [http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EB15ACF7-6173-4C6E-9970-EC2D01773DC5/0/p_pm_pr200608.doc Northern Ireland Courts Service press release on sentencing (DOC file)]
* [http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F46B3217-9592-44C8-A873-AF4BFDB1BD18/0/j_j_MCLC5630.htm Northern Ireland Courts Service Judge McLaughlin's Sentencing Statement - Full Version]
* [http://www.martinharran.com Family site]
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