Man jailed for Portrush murder

Earlier this year 21-year-old Glen Allen, from Glenarm Avenue in Portrush, pleaded guilty to murdering 35-year-old William Meek on a date unknown between 23 - 26 June 2008 and to wounding him with intent on February 13 2008.

Antrim Crown court, sitting in Belfast heard that Allen and Meek met "by chance" and drank together in a disabled toilet on Portrush's east Strand.

According to Mr Meek, he was attacked "for no reason" as he walked away in the early hours of the morning, sustaining 14 stab wounds to his head and neck

In jailing Allen for at least 14 and a half years, Lord Justice Girvan said it was clear that Mr Meek's death had caused "considerable pain and suffering" to his family.

For full story see Tuesday's Coleraine Times