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| McIlveen sentences to be reviewed | McIlveen sentences to be reviewed |
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| The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked the Attorney-General to consider if the jail terms given in the Michael McIlveen murder trial were too lenient. | The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked the Attorney-General to consider if the jail terms given in the Michael McIlveen murder trial were too lenient. |
| Four men were given life sentences for the murder of the Ballymena teenager. | Four men were given life sentences for the murder of the Ballymena teenager. |
| The minimum terms ranged from 10 to 13 years, and the McIlveen family said this was not enough. | The minimum terms ranged from 10 to 13 years, and the McIlveen family said this was not enough. |
| The Attorney-General has been asked to consider if the case should be referred to the Court of Appeal on the basis that the sentences were unduly lenient. | The Attorney-General has been asked to consider if the case should be referred to the Court of Appeal on the basis that the sentences were unduly lenient. |
| Two weeks ago the Chief Constable told the Policing Board he wanted to see the sentences re-examined. | Two weeks ago the Chief Constable told the Policing Board he wanted to see the sentences re-examined. |
| Aaron Cavana Wallace, 20, of Moat Road, Christopher Francis Kerr, 22, of Carnduff Drive, Jeff Colin Lewis, 19, of Rossdale, and Mervyn Wilson Moon, 20, of Douglas Terrace, all in Ballymena, murdered the schoolboy. | Aaron Cavana Wallace, 20, of Moat Road, Christopher Francis Kerr, 22, of Carnduff Drive, Jeff Colin Lewis, 19, of Rossdale, and Mervyn Wilson Moon, 20, of Douglas Terrace, all in Ballymena, murdered the schoolboy. |
| The highest minimum tariff of 13 years was handed to Kerr, whom the trial judge said had shown no remorse for his actions and had lied consistently throughout the proceedings. | |
| Mr Justice Treacy said the fact that Kerr had also gone to his grandmother's house to obtain the baseball bat used to kill Michael showed his part in the murder was premeditated. | |
| Wallace and Lewis were given 11-year tariffs - lesser terms because they had no part in procuring the bat or using it, the judge said. | |
| Mr Treacy gave Moon credit for his timely plea of guilty and said he had shown clear and genuine remorse for his actions. He was given a 10-year minimum tariff. | |
| Michael, a Catholic, was chased by a drunken loyalist mob into an alleyway close to Ballymena's town centre, in May 2006. | |
| He was hit with a baseball bat and kicked. | |
| He managed to make it back to his home but collapsed in his room and died later in hospital from severe brain injuries. |