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The Prison Service has said a 51-year-old prisoner convicted of manslaughter has failed to turn up after home leave.The Prison Service has said a 51-year-old prisoner convicted of manslaughter has failed to turn up after home leave.
Daniel Martin Peter Hargan was one of three men involved in the death of Edward Kelly in Bangor in June 2006. Daniel Martin Peter Hargan was one of three people involved in the death of Edward Kelly in Bangor in June 2006.
Mr Kelly's body was found at a house in Central Avenue in the town. Mr Kelly, who was 58, was found at a house in Central Avenue in the town. He had been beaten round the head with a "rod-like" weapon and had also been kicked.
Mr Hargan was due to be released from Maghaberry prison in May. Hargan was due to be released from Maghaberry prison in May.
He pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Kelly having originally been charged with his murder.
In 2008 he was sentenced to seven years in jail with one year's probation.
His co-accused were a woman called Tammy McDowell, who has since died and Polish national Jerzy Zalewski who is on the run from the police.
All were heavy drinkers and Hargan was described at his sentencing as an alcoholic "on the borderline of mental handicap."
The three had attacked Mr Kelly in his bed before going back downstairs where they drank alcohol and then left a short time later.
No effort was made to summon medical assistance until the landlady found Mr Kelly on returning home from work and raised the alarm.
The only motive suggested for the killing was that Hargan claimed Mr Kelly had owed him £20.
The judge described the killing as "a dreadful crime that has removed from his family a father and grandfather who, whatever his own problems, held an important place in their lives."