Issue 2 - 2024 200dpi

15 January 2004 Edition

Canadian thorn in Britain's side

15 January 2004

Seven years ago, Robert Hamill, a Catholic, was walking home through Portadown town centre with friends when he was attacked by a 30-strong loyalist mob, just yards away from an RUC Land Rover. The 25-year-old, whose fiancée was expecting their third child at the time, was beaten so badly that he never regained consciousness. He died 12 days after the attack. Free article


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