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| MP's anger at attacker's parole | |
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| An MP has expressed anger that the family of a man left brain damaged in a hammer attack was not told one of his assailants was out on parole. | |
| South Belfast MP Alasdair McDonnell was speaking as police hunt for Barry Kevin Donegan Moyna, 22, who failed to return to Maghaberry prison on Thursday. | |
| He got an eight-year term in 2005 for grievous bodily harm after an attack on Maurice McCracken, 59, in Belfast. | |
| Mr McDonnell said Mr McCracken's family had been put in an "awful position". | |
| "I understand there has been no serious effort to take that family's feelings into account," he said. | |
| "I understand there was no effort to indicate to the family, that this prisoner, who had inflicted such horrific injuries on the father... was going to be released on parole." | |
| Mr McCracken was assaulted as he lay in his bed at Strangford Avenue in March 2003. He suffered permanent brain damage. | |
| Moyna is described as being 5ft 5in, of medium build with brown hair and brown eyes. | Moyna is described as being 5ft 5in, of medium build with brown hair and brown eyes. |
| His brother, Gerard Michael Donegan, was also found guilty of involvement in the attack and is currently serving a 15-year sentence for attempted murder. | His brother, Gerard Michael Donegan, was also found guilty of involvement in the attack and is currently serving a 15-year sentence for attempted murder. |