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| Gunmen 'meant to kill' Andrew Allen - girlfriend | Gunmen 'meant to kill' Andrew Allen - girlfriend |
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| The girlfriend of murdered Londonderry man Andrew Allen has said she believes the gunmen meant to kill him. | |
| The father of two from the Top of the Hill area of Derry died after a number of shots were fired through the window of his Buncrana home a week ago. | The father of two from the Top of the Hill area of Derry died after a number of shots were fired through the window of his Buncrana home a week ago. |
| Dissident republicans have been blamed for his death. | Dissident republicans have been blamed for his death. |
| Arlene Farley said she believes the gunshots were never meant as a warning, and the gunmen could have killed everyone in the house. | Arlene Farley said she believes the gunshots were never meant as a warning, and the gunmen could have killed everyone in the house. |
| "We were lying in bed and we heard big bangs, so I looked out of the window and saw a man with a baseball cap kicking and kicking the door. | "We were lying in bed and we heard big bangs, so I looked out of the window and saw a man with a baseball cap kicking and kicking the door. |
| "He had a shotgun in his hand. | "He had a shotgun in his hand. |
| "The next thing the shot came through the window, I turned round and Andy fell to the ground. He said: 'Arlene, I can't feel my legs'. | "The next thing the shot came through the window, I turned round and Andy fell to the ground. He said: 'Arlene, I can't feel my legs'. |
| "I was trying to phone the guards and the next thing Andy just slid towards me, towards the door. | "I was trying to phone the guards and the next thing Andy just slid towards me, towards the door. |
| "I rang the ambulance straight away and I was trying to hold his head up because the blood was coming out of his mouth. | "I rang the ambulance straight away and I was trying to hold his head up because the blood was coming out of his mouth. |
| "The neighbour helped me put him on his back and I tried to give him CPR. | "The neighbour helped me put him on his back and I tried to give him CPR. |
| "I tried to blow in his mouth but the blood was just coming out of his mouth, and down his nose and I knew he was dead." | "I tried to blow in his mouth but the blood was just coming out of his mouth, and down his nose and I knew he was dead." |
| Ms Farley said she believes the men intended to kill. | Ms Farley said she believes the men intended to kill. |
| "If it had been a warning they wouldn't have tried to get in the door the way they did, but they really wanted to get in. | "If it had been a warning they wouldn't have tried to get in the door the way they did, but they really wanted to get in. |
| "They only shot through the window because they couldn't get in. | "They only shot through the window because they couldn't get in. |
| "I was in that room, Andy was in the room, his 6-year-old son sometimes stays down and he could have been in the room. | "I was in that room, Andy was in the room, his 6-year-old son sometimes stays down and he could have been in the room. |
| "They didn't know who was in that room when they started shooting, | "They didn't know who was in that room when they started shooting, |
| "They just didn't care who they hit or who they killed. | "They just didn't care who they hit or who they killed. |
| "I just wanted to keep him alive, and I couldn't," she said. | "I just wanted to keep him alive, and I couldn't," she said. |
| Mr Allen was one of several men forced out of Derry by a republican vigilante group last year. | Mr Allen was one of several men forced out of Derry by a republican vigilante group last year. |
| 'Worst nightmare' | 'Worst nightmare' |
| His mother Donna Smith said the family are living "their worst nightmare". | His mother Donna Smith said the family are living "their worst nightmare". |
| "He would have gone out of his way to help anybody, and he never did anything to harm anyone. | "He would have gone out of his way to help anybody, and he never did anything to harm anyone. |
| "He was my boy, and I don't want any family or mother or father to go through what we're going through. | "He was my boy, and I don't want any family or mother or father to go through what we're going through. |
| "This has to stop, things can't go on like this, gunmen can't go out and be judges and executioners. | "This has to stop, things can't go on like this, gunmen can't go out and be judges and executioners. |
| "How many boys have had to leave their families? | "How many boys have had to leave their families? |
| "The people of Derry have got to get together and do something. | "The people of Derry have got to get together and do something. |
| "It's just a black hole that will never be filled." | "It's just a black hole that will never be filled." |