Rachel’s family still left with unanswered questions

FIVE-and-a-half years after Rachel Kiely was killed by a neighbour while out walking the dogs, it is quite remarkable how the family has managed to rein in any feelings of anger and bitterness felt towards her killer.

The killing of Rachel was followed by not one murder trial, but two.

The original conviction for murder in 2002 was quashed in December 2004 when the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled it was unsafe and ordered a retrial.