Judge decides sentence for forest murderer

A teenager who brutally murdered a 16-year-old girl will discover today how many years he has to spend behind bars.

Judge decides sentence for forest murderer

A teenager who brutally murdered a 16-year-old girl will discover today how many years he has to spend behind bars.

Thomas Purcell, 18, from Windsor Road, Belfast, has admitted battering Megan McAlorum to death with a log in a forest near the city after they had sex in the early hours of Easter Sunday in April 2004.

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