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of those living with HIV. Don't forget, there is

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Good evening. A county Tyrone teenager accused of murdering his

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father has been found guilty of manslaughter, on the grounds of

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diminished responsibility. Sean Hackett had always admitted shooting

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his father Aloysius at their family home last year, but his defence said

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he was mentally disturbed at the time. Julian Fowler was in the

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court. Shaun Hackett's family arriving in court with their

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solicitor. The legal team argued that he had killed his father in the

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erashal belief he would become his guardian in heaven.

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The prosecution argued that he was a cold, calculating manipulative

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killer, who was not suffering from a recognised mental disorder. The

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Tyrone manager, had given evidence of Shaun's promising future as a

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talented footballer. Describing him as a quiet, unassuming lovely young

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gentleman. The trial heard conflicting evidence about his mind

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at the time of the killing. In his summing up, the judge told the jury,

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all killings are abhorrent, all killings are truly horrific. People

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act abnormally, but does not mean that they are suffering with an

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unrecognised mental condition. It was argued that there was something

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in the young man's head that was badly wrong. And that a finding of

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diminished responsibility would be a right verdict, a just verdict and

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the proper verdict. After two-and-a-half hours of

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deliberation, the jury agreed. Shaun Hackett was unable to show much

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emotion when he was said not to be guilty of murder but guilty of

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manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. As he was

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led from the courtroom, his mother gave him the thumbs up, say saying

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"I love you "woep Heline in court next month.

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Four brothers have been jailed for up to 11 years each for killing a

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couple in County Armagh. Thomas O'Hare and Lisa McClatchey died in

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2006 after their remote cottage near Tassagh was set on fire. This report

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from Gordon Adair. Thomas O'Hare and Lisa McClatchey died from their

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horic injuries that they received in the fire that destroyed this

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cottage, a fire started by four brothers. In December they were all

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found guilty of manslaughter. Today their mother and other rel tifs went

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in the public gallery. Niall Smith was jailed for ten years, his

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brothers 11 years each. Niall Smith's sentence reduced as he had

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pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The lawyers sent out pleas for the

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motivation, discussing on the o attack. A lawyer for Stephen Smith

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smoke spoke of his client's shame, saying that what happened to him

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could never justify the attack. Referring to the time that elapsed

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between the date of the abuse and the time he finally felt able to

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tell others, the lawyer said it was important to reflect on the seven

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years. Saying that his client tried to deal with what happened by

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ignoring it, while it gnawed away at the back of his mind. A lawyer for

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Martin Smith said that he had planned the attack but prior to this

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had been a model citizen, but that the make-up of Martin Smith was that

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of the brig brother with a big sense of guilt about what happened to his

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little brother and that he had been been unaware of it and unable to

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protect him, but the judge made it clear that there could be no excuse.

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The victims' families declined to make any comment. The victim impact

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statements were not read out in court and the insight into how the

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killings had affected their lives were given, was shown when the judge

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said that it was clear that many would never get over what had

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happened. Security forces have found a viable

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device in Londonderry. Bomb disposal experts are still on the scene.

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An Ulster Unionist MLA has claimed there could be another 'On the Run'

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letter that has been sent out by mistake. His comments come after the

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trial of John Downey collapsed in London because he was mistakenly

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issued with a letter. The UUP's Danny Kinahan says his party is

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aware of a similar case here. It has come to our notice, that there may

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well have been one letter a comfort letter, if we call them that, that

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has been issued wrongly in Northern Ireland. It may be that same letters

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has been used to stop prosecution or defence of somebody in the criminal

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court in Northern Ireland. We want to get to the bottom of it. We want

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to find out has this gone on, do we know every case of every letter, did

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the Justice Minister know and if he knew, we need to know how many have

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gone out, and why we are not being told about it? There is more on that

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story on the View after this bulletin.

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The police have started an investigation into who sent a bullet

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in the post to a school in Tobermore in County Londonderry. The incident

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is being treated as a hate crime. Louise Cullen reports. The

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investigation began this morning after the letter was received at the

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primary school on the outskirts of the village of toesh more. --

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Tobermore. Parents were called here, when they were told when had

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happened this morning. The school said that the incident was in the

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hands of the police it is understood that the target may have been a

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family of a child at the school, rather than the child itself. The

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police confirmed that they were treating the incident as a hate

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crime. The school is a place where we are

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sending our children to be educated. They should not be discriminated for

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against colour, creed, religion. For this to happen in Tobermore is

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madness. The investigation is continuing.

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The Belfast taxi firm - Fonacab - has apologised to a gay couple who

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say they were thrown out of one of its taxis for kissing. It happened

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on Tuesday night when the driver was taking a group of students to a gay

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nightclub in the city centre. The firm is one of city's biggest taxi

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companies and has recently sponsored Belfast Pride, an LGBT festival. One

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of the passengers in the taxi explained to the Talkback radio

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programme what happened: We were driving down the road, Stuart leaned

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over and kissed me on the cheek and the neck. The tax dri driver saw it

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and told us to stop and pulled over and told us to get out.

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We were stunned. We said "are you serious? ." . He said he did not

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want it in the car. We've had a lot of reaction to this

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story on our social media page and some people have said that they can

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understand the taxi driver not wanting to see open displays of

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affection. Gavin Boyd from the Rainbow Project spoke to us earlier

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on BBC Newsline. That is everyone's right to not wanting to see

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affection, however, you cannot say if it is two men or two women

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kissing that is beyond the pale. Whereas if it is a young man or a

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woman, it is not treated the same. And in the last in our series of

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stories marking the start of World War One, we'll be hearing about a

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mysterious German who made his home near a lead mine in Conlig and how

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he was put on trial for espionage. He had details of what was alleged

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to be the Orloch signal station. He had maps, he had railway timetables.

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All sorts of things that seemed to show clearly that he was a spy.

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And finally on to the weather with Geoff Maskell.

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It has been a grey and a miserable day today. The skies will clear and

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the temperatures dipping away. A chilly night, two to four Celsius,

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but tomorrow promising to be a good bit better. Dry and a little on the

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breezy side, but an improvement. Showers in the early part of the

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day, then the skies clear and then finally a little bit of sunshine.

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Then a north/south split. Look at the strong winds into Northern

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Ireland and Scotland. Across England and Wales, a calmer picture there,

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the high pressure is very much more in charge. As we go through the day,

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we have cool temperatures but clear skies. So a very different feel to

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the day tomorrow to what we have been used to over the last few days.

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It is not going to last as we head into the weekend. We have another

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low pressure system on the way. This is going to bring rain and strong

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winds in over the weekend. So as we go into Saturday, the rain is back

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with us. It means milder temperatures but not the nicest of

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days. On Sunday, we are to see that rainy and showery start. The

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temperatures dropping away, but through Sunday it starts to pick up.

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The good news is that by the time we get to next week, the high pressure

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is in charge, and things should be more settled.

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And that's it for now. Good night.

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