Mother of murder victim: 25 years’ jail ‘not enough’

A mother whose sex offender ex-boyfriend murdered her infant daughter has branded his 25-year prison term too lenient.

Barry McCarney, aged 33, of Woodview Crescent, Trillick, Co Tyrone, was yesterday jailed for life in Belfast Crown Court for the murder of 15-month-old Millie Martin in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, in 2009.

Millie’s mother Rachael said her former partner deserved a harsher punishment. “I don’t think it was long enough,” Ms Martin said outside court yesterday. “Twenty-five years isn’t long enough.”