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| Pair given life sentences for Michael McIlveen murder | Pair given life sentences for Michael McIlveen murder |
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| Two Ballymena men have been given life sentences for the murder of a schoolboy seven years ago. | Two Ballymena men have been given life sentences for the murder of a schoolboy seven years ago. |
| Fifteen-year-old Michael McIlveen died from brain injuries the day after he and two friends were attacked in 2006. | Fifteen-year-old Michael McIlveen died from brain injuries the day after he and two friends were attacked in 2006. |
| Christopher Francis Kerr, 26, from Carnduff Drive and Aaron Cavana Wallace, 24, from Moat Road, pleaded guilty at the trial on Wednesday. | Christopher Francis Kerr, 26, from Carnduff Drive and Aaron Cavana Wallace, 24, from Moat Road, pleaded guilty at the trial on Wednesday. |
| The tariff for the time they will serve before they can be considered for parole will be set at later date. | The tariff for the time they will serve before they can be considered for parole will be set at later date. |
| The pair were convicted of the sectarian murder of the teenager in 2009 but had their convictions quashed on appeal. | |
| The Court of Appeal ordered a retrial and that trial was due to begin when their lawyers asked for the charge to be put to them again. Kerr and Wallace then pleaded guilty. | |
| Michael McIlveen, a Catholic schoolboy, and known to family and friends as Mickybo, had been out with a friend, in May 2006, when they were chased by a gang. | |
| They were chased to an alleyway beside a car park in Ballymena where they were attacked. | |
| Michael McIlveen was beaten with a baseball bat and died a short time later from head injuries. The motivation was sectarian. |