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Cold-blooded killer, 36, who murdered 16-year-old girl and dumped her body in woodland dies in car crash, inquest told

Thomas Purcell, 36, was convicted of murdering 16-year-old Megan McAlorum in 2006, after she suffered 54 fractures to her skull in the attack after Purcell gave her a lift from a takeaway shop in Belfast.

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Sister of teen murder victim Megan McAlorum recalls the moment she 'vanished off face of the earth

Sister of teen murder victim Megan McAlorum recalls the moment she 'vanished off face of the earth
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Megan McAlorum's killer Thomas Purcell to be freed


Megan McAlorum's killer Thomas Purcell to be freed
Megan McAlorum (16) was murdered in 2004
Killer Thomas Purcell is to be released from prison in March.
The murderer of west Belfast teenager Megan McAlorum is to be released from prison following an application to the parole board.
Thomas Purcell murdered the 16-year-old in 2004 in an attack so brutal that her family had to have a closed coffin.
The killing shocked the community of west Belfast due to the savage nature of the attack and the age of both the victim and the killer.
Thomas Purcell was only 16 at the time, but had already clocked up a number of previous convictions.

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Man who brutally beat Megan McAlorum (16) to death to be released in weeks


Before that, he’d gone to hospital pretending he was ill in a bid to provide a false alibi.
Purcell was later sentenced to 15 years in prison and was initially sent to a young offenders centre.
However, when he turned 21, he was due to be sent to HMP Maghaberry but he argued there would be a threat to his life there.
He was then transferred to an English prison, but Megan's family only found out about the move through the press and spoke of their anger at the time that the Prison Service hadn't informed the family.
Purcell was due to be freed in 2019 but he was still deemed too dangerous to be released into the community. He was given March as a release date after reapplying.

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