“He is missed, loved and never forgotten.”
A man shot dead in Co Derry in 1998 has been remembered by his mother as “having touched lives like an angel on earth”.The loyalist group the LVF at the time claimed responsibility for the killing. No one has ever been prosecuted or convicted over his death.His mother Christina remembered her son in a statement to the first inquest into his death, which opened in Belfast on Monday.
He played for Maghera Strollers and teams in both Northern Ireland and in Boston in the United States where he had been living and working as a builder. “We are thankful that we were blessed with such a beautiful caring person even if it was just for a short time, we know so many people who feel lucky to have known him, he touched lives like an angel here on earth. He is so greatly missed, and will always be.
In terms of his final movements, the inquest heard he had played football during the day on January 17 before going to Regan’s Bar and then Maggie’s Bar in the centre of Maghera where he stayed until shortly after 1am.
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