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| Marion Millican: Fred McClenaghan guilty of murder | Marion Millican: Fred McClenaghan guilty of murder |
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| A 52-year-old County Londonderry man has been found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend. | A 52-year-old County Londonderry man has been found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend. |
| Fred McClenaghan, of Broad Street, Magherafelt, was convicted of killing Marion Millican at the laundrette where she worked in Portstewart. | Fred McClenaghan, of Broad Street, Magherafelt, was convicted of killing Marion Millican at the laundrette where she worked in Portstewart. |
| It was the second time McClenaghan has been convicted of murdering the mother-of four in March 2011. | |
| His original conviction was quashed on a technicality and a retrial was ordered. | His original conviction was quashed on a technicality and a retrial was ordered. |
| McClenaghan had claimed he intended to take his own life in front of her but that his antique double-barrelled shotgun went off accidentally during a struggle. | |
| The trial heard their relationship was characterised by violence. | The trial heard their relationship was characterised by violence. |
| On one occasion, McClenaghan knocked her unconscious and on another he tried to strangle her, the court was told. | On one occasion, McClenaghan knocked her unconscious and on another he tried to strangle her, the court was told. |
| Mrs Millican's friend and colleague, Pamela Henry, who was at the laundrette when McClenaghan arrived, described him as "a madman who meant business". |