Court jails loyalist killer of taxi driver

A ruthless loyalist killer was sentenced to a minimum of 24 years today for the murder of a Catholic taxi driver.

Court jails loyalist killer of taxi driver
Wed, 09 Apr, 2003 - 13:41

A ruthless loyalist killer was sentenced to a minimum of 24 years today for the murder of a Catholic taxi driver.

Clifford McKeown, 43, shot Lurgan taxi driver Michael McGoldrick five times in the head in what the judge at Belfast Crown Court described as “a chilling execution”.

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