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| Fred McClenaghan sentenced for Marion Millican murder | Fred McClenaghan sentenced for Marion Millican murder |
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| A 52-year-old County Londonderry man found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend has been jailed for 16 years. | A 52-year-old County Londonderry man found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend has been jailed for 16 years. |
| 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 ordered. | His original conviction was quashed on a technicality and a retrial 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. | 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. |
| He was arrested within hours of the shooting and has now spent the last four years and nine months in jail. | |
| The trial heard their relationship was characterised by violence. | The trial heard their relationship was characterised by violence. |
| Mr Justice Treacy told McClenaghan on Tuesday that while he would receive no remission on the term, his sentence will date from the day he shot his former lover. | |
| When first sentenced in September 2012, the original trial judge also imposed the same minimum term. | |
| Mrs Millican's daughter, Suzanne Davis, said the family felt "very disappointed" at the sentence, as they left Belfast's Laganside courthouse. |